Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series)

Harm Done (2000)

George Baker: D.C.I. Wexford

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Quotes 

• Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford : Stephen Devenish is the most faithful husband on earth. He loves his wife - she's the one woman he can beat to a pulp.

• [quoting from a poison-pen letter] 

  Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford : "Dear Mr Devenish. I wonder if you know what a monster you are. A psychopath, not a human being at all. Evil like yours is, in fact, quite rare. Thank God. But God won't have his revenge on you till after you have died. So he has appointed me to carry out retribution. I shall kill you! I will make your wife a widow and your children orphans, and laugh for joy." No signature. Funny, isn't it, how even the writers of hate mail use a term of endearment: *Dear* Mr Devenish.

• D.I. Burden : It doesn't matter what a girl looks like or how simple she is... Yes, all right, don't look at me like that. You know what I mean... or shy... or whatever. The instinct in young human beings to reproduce is so powerful, the most unlikely ones get it together. It's like magnets.

  Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford : [Wryly]  Well, I wouldn't remember.

• Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford : [Angrily, to Burden]  Don't teach me how to suck eggs, Mike!

• Tommy Smith : Why can't they just leave us be?

  Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford : [Dryly]  I think you know the answer to that.