'You have no jurisdiction here, Renfield,' said Bryant. 'I've been meaning to ask you: Did your mother read Bram Stoker when she was pregnant?'
'What do you mean?' The sergeant fixed him with a glassy eye.
'Renfield was the obsequious fly-eating sidekick to the prince of darkness,' Bryant explained.
....'Are you trying to be offensive, Mr Bryant?' Renfield hissed, sounding unpleasantly nocturnal.
- Ten Second Staircase