But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.
One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings
Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.