Marple's

But we also sense that the emotion forms part of Marple's psychological response to the spinster life.

Helen Oyeyemi Helen Oyeyemi 2011

But somehow, not in the Army and Navy Stores which in Miss Marple's mind was, and always would be, connected with the armed forces, their wives, daughters, aunts and grandmothers.

At Bertram's Hotel Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1965

"You imagined what you'd do if you were a cruel and cold-blooded murderer?" said Craddock looking thoughtfully at Miss Marple's pink and white elderly fragility.

4.50 From Paddington Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1959

She lifted the small reading lamp to the other side of the table where it would throw light on Miss Marple's knitting as she sat in a wide high-backed chair.

A Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1950

This creature was of a very different disposition from Marple's late wife.

Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

Miss Marple's needles stopped clicking for a moment.

A Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1950

Lion, [84] mistress to Jack Shepherd, who grew quickly too impudent and abusive for Marple's conversation, for when he fell under his misfortunes he declared that she was the vilest and most abominable wretch that ever lived.

Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward

The sunshine, the peace, the steady click of Miss Marple's knitting needles, all combined to produce a soporific feeling in the Inspector.

A Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1950

He used the words metaphorically though it flashed across his mind that if Miss Marple's theory was correct, the words would also be true in a literal sense.

A Murder Is Announced Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1950

He was generally good-humored and tolerant rather than hypercritical, but the somewhat senseless hilarity of Marple's guests was beginning to jar on him.

The Long Portage Harold Bindloss 1905