Poirot (TV Series)

Cards on the Table (2006)

Tristan Gemmill: Major Despard

Quotes 

• Hercule Poirot : Do you think Shaitana played any card games?

  Major Despard : There is only one game that Shaitana played... a low-down game. We all make mistakes. Even you, I dare say, have a failure now and then.

  Hercule Poirot : Well, the last one was 28 years ago.

• Hercule Poirot : There is a Madame Luxmore, n'est-ce pas?

  Major Despard : How did you find out?

  Hercule Poirot : My friend, Madame Oliver. She pointed out that your editor had made a tiny error. In Chapter Four, you wrote, "The Luxmores were researching tropical plants." Luxmores. Plural. Two of them. Then, later, there is only one. Did you shoot him?

  Major Despard : Yes.