Here are the next four books in the "To Be Precise" Archives.
King Ottokar’s Sceptre
1. Thompson: “Get going! We’re all set!” Thomson: “To be precise: we’re all set!”
2. Thomson: “But of course we’ve come...” Thompson: “To be precise: of course...”
3. The Thompsons are meeting a king. Thompson: “Majesty, you sire is very good...Good Majesty...no, I mean...” Thomson: “To be precise...it’s a majesty, Your Pleasure...”
4. Thomson: “This time our honour is at stake! We have sworn to find the sceptre; we must keep out word!” Thompson: To be precise: we must keep our word!”
The Crab with the Golden Claws
1. Thompson: "My dear Tintin, how nice to see you again!" Thomson: "To be precise: how nice to see you again, my dear Tintin!" -pg.2
2. Tintin has just asked the Thompsons what was up. Thompson: "Everything's fine: we've just been entrusted with a very important case." Thomson: "To be precise: a very... er ... important case." -pg.3
3. Thomson: "That's odd; in fact, it's fishy. Thompson: "To be precise: it's fishy..." -pg.5
4. They are talking to Allan, having no idea that he's a crook. Thomson: "...so this sailor used to drink. On the night of his death you met him in the town, very drunk; then he fell into the water trying to get back to the ship. Plain as a pikestaff!" Thompson: "To be precise: plain as a pikestaff." -pg.11
5. Thompson: "Hmm!... Very odd." Thomson: "To be precise: very odd; in fact, very queer..." -pg.46
6. Thomson: "Hmm, no one about?" Thompson: "To be precise: no one about..." -pg.47
7. Thomson: "At last, the police!... Gentlemen, this is the man we have brought to justice." Thompson: "To be precise: ... this is the man!"
The Shooting Star
There are no to be precises in this book. In fact, the Thompsons are only in here in one frame!
The Secret of the Unicorn
1. Thomson: “First, here’s the victim...” Thompson: “To be precise: here’s the victim!” -pg.28
2. Thomson: “Now, if there’s a victim, there must be a culprit.” Thompson: “A brilliant deduction! Now we only have to find him... and he can’t be far away. To be precise: he isn’t far away...” -pg.28
3. The sun shining through the magnifying Thomson is holding is burning his jacket. Thomson: “Very odd... To be precise... Can you smell something burning?” -pg.29
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