[There's a brief flash of amusement in her eyes.] Oh? Then that answers my second question. Knox's Decalogue is a list of ten rules for mystery writers.
[Beatrice takes a seat, keeping her back straightened. Her tone is authoritative- she knows them well enough.] Knox's first- It's forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned earlier in the story. Knox's second- It's forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique.
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[Beatrice takes a seat, keeping her back straightened. Her tone is authoritative- she knows them well enough.] Knox's first- It's forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned earlier in the story. Knox's second- It's forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique.
And so on. Shall I continue?