Quotes from Stella Rimington

It's not right because it just isn't. You can't go round making up evidence just because you're convinced someone is guilty. You can't be judge and jury; that's not your job. (Liz)

carefully pulled himself up to look into the horizontal ventilation

Here conversation about Judith Spratt was not on the menu, since they sat surrounded by Fellows of the College. Most of them seemed to be men—somewhat to Liz's surprise, since her view of Somerville had been formed by Dorothy Sayers's Gaudy Night.

A few months ago, at the end of a very stressful period both at work and in her private life, she had sat down and thought about what changes might make her happier.