Poirot (TV Series)

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (1989)

Hugh Fraser: Captain Hastings

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Quotes 

• [getting into Hastings' car] 

  Hercule Poirot : Not too fast, mind.

  Captain Hastings : Don't worry, I won't go over 80.

  Hercule Poirot : Kilometers?

  Captain Hastings : Miles.

• [last lines] 

  Hercule Poirot : I shall see you in London.

  Captain Hastings : Why won't you let me drive you?

  Hercule Poirot : Hastings, the train has one advantage over the car. It does not often run out of coal.

• [Hastings' car has broke down in the middle of the countryside; Hastings is on his hands and knees, trying to fix the car and figure out what was going on; all the while, Poirot is getting impatient and frustrated] 

  Hercule Poirot : This is not what I want to hear, Hastings.

  Captain Hastings : Eh?

  Hercule Poirot : [curtly]  I want to hear *WHAT is WAS*, NOT what is was NOT!

  [pause; Poirot glares at Hastings] 

  Hercule Poirot : [indignant]  And Better Still, I Want To Hear The MOTOR!

• Hercule Poirot : Tell me, what do you make of this case?

  Captain Hastings : You don't expect me to think in the dark, do you?

  Hercule Poirot : Ah, Hastings. The little grey cells - sometimes they work even better in the dark.

• [Hastings is teaching Poirot a song while driving back to the Waverly Estate] 

  Captain Hastings : [singing]  Two men went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Hercule Poirot : [following along; singing]  Two men went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Captain Hastings : Two men, one man and his dog went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Hercule Poirot : Two men, one man and his dog went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

• [Hastings is teaching Poirot a song while driving back to the Waverly Estate] 

  Captain Hastings : [singing]  Two men went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Hercule Poirot : [following along; singing]  Two men went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Captain Hastings : Two men, one man and his dog went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Hercule Poirot : Two men, one man and his dog went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

  Captain Hastings : [speaking; laughing]  Good!

  Captain Hastings , Hercule Poirot : [singing together]  Three men, two men, one man and his dog went to mow/ went to mow a meadow!

• Hercule Poirot : Monsieur Waverly has received letters threatening to kidnap his son.

  Captain Hastings : Really? In England? Could be some band of foreigners, you know. Some gang.

  Hercule Poirot : [Clearly agitated]  The letters give no indication that the writer is a foreigner.

• Captain Hastings : Why won't you let me drive you?

  Hercule Poirot : Hastings, the train has one advantage over the car. It does not often run out of coal.