Quotes
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DS Jim Strange : [after DeBryn has examined the headless body] Anything, doc?
Dr. Max DeBryn : Well, his head's in this room and his body's in that room. That might have something to do with it.
DS Jim Strange : Anything as to a time, say?
Dr. Max DeBryn : Within the last three to four hours. Looks to have had his throat cut first, from right to left. Then decapitation post mortem. Small mercies.
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DCI Fred Thursday : Would it have taken much force?
Dr. Max DeBryn : No great strength required. Nerve, though. You're thinking of the lipstick.
DS Endeavour Morse : Oh, the closest match I found was a color called Violent Crimson.
Dr. Max DeBryn : From the Kiss of Death range, presumably.
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Dr. Max DeBryn : [surveying the corpse of Robin Grey, stabbed in both eyes] Aye, aye. Right first, then left. Sometime between eight and midnight.
DS Endeavour Morse : Any defensive wound?
Dr. Max DeBryn : Didn't see it coming. Quite literally.
DCI Fred Thursday : Who was he?
DS Endeavour Morse : His name is Robin Grey. He's a history don here. I met him yesterday - the attempted break-in.
DS Jim Strange : Last seen by the porter, going out about six last night. No-one saw him come back.
DS Endeavour Morse : [observing lipstick on Grey's mouth] Lipstick - same as Joey Sikes.
DS Jim Strange : I know you're out of practice, matey, but most women wear it. Uniform are fetching his wife in.
Dr. Max DeBryn : There is evidence of coitus.