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Captain Hastings : Miss Lemon says he makes pies.
Hercule Poirot : Makes pies! Hastings, to say that Benedict Farley makes pies is like saying that... Wagner wrote semi-quavers.
Captain Hastings : Oh, they're good pies, are they?
Hercule Poirot : No, horrible. But there are a great many of them.
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Hercule Poirot : Hastings, there are two reasons why I should never become the millionaire.
Captain Hastings : What are they, Poirot?
Hercule Poirot : The first: that I should never make the detestable pork pies, hein? And the second: I am too understanding towards my employees.
Captain Hastings : Quite.
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Captain Hastings : Useful, eh, living above the shop? I suppose from here, Farley likes to keep an eye on his employees.
Hercule Poirot : No doubt. But it is a pity that such diligence does not improve the quality of his so-called delectables.
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Hercule Poirot : Hastings, to say that Benedict Farley make spies is like saying that Wagner wrote semiquavers.
Captain Hastings : Well, they're good pies, then?
Hercule Poirot : No. Horrible! But there are a great many of them.
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Hercule Poirot : Ah, I see. So, when Hercule Poirot is concerned, there arises immediately a suspicion of murder?
Chief Inspector Japp : Precisely.
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Captain Hastings : This is not like you, Poirot.
Hercule Poirot : But this is not like the grey cells, Hastings. I have given them every chance. They have been closeted. I have slept to allow them to do their work. I have eaten fish for breakfast. Result? Nothing!
Captain Hastings : It'll come, Poirot. The little grey cells have never let you down yet.
Hercule Poirot : Ah, but is this not an indication, perhaps, of what is in store? A sign that they are weakened by old age and the fast living?
Captain Hastings : Fast living, Poirot? I wouldn't call your life exactly fast.
Hercule Poirot : Oh, not now, perhaps, Hastings, but in my youth.
Captain Hastings : Really?
Hercule Poirot : Umm.
[Shakes his head]
Captain Hastings : Really?
Hercule Poirot : See, one pays, Hastings. Eventually, one is called to settle one's account.
Captain Hastings : I say.
Hercule Poirot : I shall have another tisane.
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Miss Lemon : Mr. Poirot, I... what is it, Mr. Poirot?
Hercule Poirot : Another tisane if you please, Miss Lemon.
Miss Lemon : Oh dear, you had your 9-o'clock-one.
Hercule Poirot : Ah, serious measures are called for, Miss Lemon.