[Reading headlines from the newspaper] "Belgravian Overseas Bank Clerk Absconds With Fortune".
How much is this fortune?
Er... 90,000 pounds.
No.
It's a king's ransom, Poirot!
When it is used to ransom a king, it becomes interesting to Poirot.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
Unless the affair is one of national importance, I touch it not.
TMrs. Todd
Well, let me tell you, Mr. High-and-Mighty Poirot, a good cook is a good cook. And when you lose one, it's as much to you as pearls are to some fine lady.
[chuckles] ...Madame, you are in the right, and I am in the wrong.
There doesn't seem to be any crime at all as far as I can see.
No, it is a curious case. Full of contradictory features. I am interested. Yes, I am distinctly interested.
Do they think they can get rid of Hercule Poirot like that? No! No-no-no-no-no-no! 36 times NO!!
And you, Hastings, do not you run away with such celerity. I have work for you too.
Oh! Er... As a matter of fact, I was thinking of popping down to Sandown this afternoon... There's a horse running a pal of mine owns a leg of.
When he owns four legs, I pop with you. But now it's time for work, yes?
CMr. Cameron
Newspapers love scandals about banks.
That is human nature, Mr. Cameron. But it is comforting for us mere mortals to know that banks too have their difficulties.
JJapp
Someone was trying to tell me you were going into the missing domestics business. "No, no," I said. "Not Poirot", I said. "Hard times or not, he wouldn't fall that far".
[As they trek through the muddy hillside to a cottage]
Look at that view!
Yes, well, views are very nice, Hastings. But they should be painted for us so that we can study them in the warmth and comfort of our own homes. That is why we pay the artist for exposing himself to these conditions on our behalf.
What do you mean conditions? It's a wonderful day. Just fill your lungs with that air.
No, my poor friend. This sort of air is intended for birds and little furry things. The lungs of Hercule Poirot demands something more substantial - the good air of the town!
CConstable
Sarge, there's some French gent at the door.
No-no-no-no, I am not some French gent. I am some Belgian gent.
PPorter
[Annoyed by Hastings] I'm talking to the engineer, not the oil rag!
[About the guinea he earned] It is to me, Hastings, a little reminder never to despise the trivial or the undignified. A disappearing domestic at one end, a cold-blooded murder at the other.
[At Guy Fawkes Night]
Where is Mrs. Japp tonight then?
JJapp
She can't abide fireworks.
Ah, the noise disturbs the delicate sensibilities of many ladies.
JJapp
Maybe, maybe. I think it's more that she doesn't like to see people enjoying themselves.
Tell you what though, what a good night for a murder, eh? I mean, if somebody wanted to kill anybody, nobody would know if it was a gunshot or a firework.
But not so good, my friend, if your chosen method is strangulation.
No. That's true, no.
JJapp
Or poisoning, come to that.
You won't forget your dental appointment at eleven, will you, Mr. Poirot?
Hercule Poirot does not need to go to the dentist, Miss Lemon.
You've put it off once already.
My teeth are perfection. It is sacrilege to tamper with them.
JJapp
[About Charles Laverton West, MP] What a stuffed fish. No, not a stuffed fish. A boiled owl.
As you say, Japp. More concerned about the newspapers than his fiancée being dead.
JJapp
The Plenderleith girl was quite right about him. Mind you, he's a good looking chap. Might go down well with some women.
Perhaps. But it would not do, I think, for them to have a sense of humour.
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