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Didus ineptus heard that conversation as well as several others, and ground his teeth—but inaudibly.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

At four in the morning Didus ineptus stole out of the place, wriggling on his elbows across the grass of the backyard until he reached the shelter of the side fence, down which grew a row of small pines.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

Refreshed, clad in silk, he opened a bottle of French claret and sipped the wine with relish; no guzzling for Didus ineptus!

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

Didus ineptus or Raphus cucullatus, it seems an odd kind of name for a rapist.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

There he began his careful transformation from just another guy into Didus ineptus, folding his clothes in a stack on top of his tennis shoes, removing a few items from his body, and then—admiring himself in the full-length mirror on the bedroom door—touching himself up with the greasepaint, a perfect color match to his skin.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

She wanted Didus ineptus caught, yes, but she wanted far more than that: she wanted him dead as a dodo.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

Didus ineptus permitted himself a slight laugh as he strode along the sidewalk of Persimmon Street, Carew.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

Didus ineptus it was, and Didus ineptus it is to me.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

The only way to tackle the case of Didus ineptus was to go through it from its beginning to its present end in the peace of a deserted office.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

All of which, he decided at midnight, stretching painfully, pointed to a part of a motive for Didus ineptus: he intended to ruin the happiness and contentment of a number of professional women who irked him more than most of the breed.

Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010