Malcolm Sage, Detective

"Malcolm Sage, Detective" is a novel by Herbert George Jenkins.

"'What are you going to do for Mr. Sage, now that Department Z is being demobbed? You know you like him, because you didn't want to ginger him up, and you mustn't forget that he saved your life, ' she added. 'Sure!' 'Don’t say 'sure', John,' she cried. 'You're a British baronet, and British baronets don't say 'sure', 'shucks' or 'vamoose'. Do you understand?' He nodded thoughtfully. 'I like Mr. Sage,' announced Dorothy. Then a moment later she added, 'He always reminds me of the superintendent of a Sunday-school, with his conical bald head and gold spectacles. He's not a bit like a detective, is he?' 'I like his wonderful hands, too,' she continued. 'I'm sure he's proud of them, because he can never keep them still. Then again, I like him because he's always courteous and kind. At Department Z, they'd have had their appendixes out if Mr. Sage wanted them."

Herbert George Jenkins (1876-1923) was a British writer and the owner of the publishing company. His most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle.