How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I thought of all the things they could say, if they knew the truth. Not one column, but five or six. Placards in London. Newsboys shouting in the streets, outside the underground stations. That frightful word of six letters, in the middle of the placard, large and black. (22.26)
Word with six letters? We know! It's "DIVORCE"! No, wait, that's seven letters. Wait, now we have it: "MURDER."
Quote #11
I understood it all. Frank knew, but Maxim did not know that he knew. And Frank did not want Maxim to know that he knew. And we all stood there, looking at one another, keeping up these little barriers between us. (22.38)
Mrs. de Winter does a good job of describing how a group of people can all know the truth about something, but pretend and act as if none of them do.
Quote #12
Colonel Julyan did not believe him. Colonel Julyan was on our side.
"The man's drunk," he said quickly. "He doesn't know what he's saying." (23.3-4)
Colonel Julyan is not what we'd call an impartial investigator. He's looking for ways to consider Favell unreliable. It's easy for him to claim Favell is a liar, because Favell isn't a socially acceptable person.