I'd begun to grasp the principle that the less anybody knows, the less any squealer can give away. And it was… — John Wyndham
I'd begun to grasp the principle that the less anybody knows, the less any squealer can give away. And it was easy to see that in a place where questioning was liable to assume the aspect of a blood-sport, the less one did know about other people's business, the better.
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