marmie's

Updated: July 7, 2025

Then with some difficulty I turned the car. My plan was to go back the road he had come, for the watchers, having seen it before, would probably let it pass unremarked, and Marmie's figure was in no way like mine. 'Now, my child, I said, 'sit quite still and be a good boy. I mean you no harm. I'm only borrowing your car for an hour or two.

John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps

But a delay at that moment seemed to me unendurable, and the sight of Marmie's imbecile face was more than I could bear. I let out with my left, and had the satisfaction of seeing him measure his length in the gutter. Then began an unholy row. They were all on me at once, and the policeman took me in the rear.

John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps