No__ne believes they__e a hero. But that doesn__ mean they__e not heroic - Captain Spectre.
Amateur detectives in fiction had always annoyed Ella. They were so unrealistic. She didn__ intend to be the Rabbit Back version of Miss Marple or a cheap Baker Street knock-off, and she really didn__ like the idea of making the tabloids. That was no way to advance an academic career. She didn__ want to be an instrument of justice. She just wanted to do some literary research and earn a living.
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Amateur detectives in fiction had always annoyed Ella. They were so unrealistic. She didn__ intend to be the Rabbit Back version of Miss Marple or a cheap Baker Street knock-off, and she really didn__ like the idea of making the tabloids. That was no way to advance an academic career. She didn__ want to be an instrument of justice. She just wanted to do some literary research and earn a living.
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