- Hercule Poirot: Superb, Miss Lemon. I knew that you could arrange it.
- Miss Lemon: Difficulties are made to be overcome, Mr. Poirot.
- Hercule Poirot: Difficulties are made to be overcome. What a truly magnificent attitude.
- [last lines]
- Hercule Poirot: From Monsieur Halliday. He says in his letter that he will return to Australia, immerse himself in his work, and try to forget. He has been most excessive in his generosity.
- Miss Lemon: Poor man.
- Hercule Poirot: Tell me, mademoiselle, was it absolutely necessary for a poor wretched woman who had never done to you one moment's harm to die? Was there no other way?
- Halliday: [letter] Dear Mr Poirot: I would like to express my gratitude for your help in this tragic business. Your logical and businesslike approach was something I could cling to in the depths of my despair. I hope, sometime in the future, to be able to find a measure of such quiet strength. Then, perhaps, I can start again. I am returning home, to a memory of happier times. Old friends may help me live with the past.
- [first lines]
- Jane Mason: Yes, sir?
- Rupert Carrington: Hello, there. You're new, aren't you?
- Jane Mason: Is there someone you wanted to see, sir?
- Rupert Carrington: Well, yes, there was as a matter of fact. I'd rather like a few quick words with my wife.
- McKenzie: Sorry I couldn't be of any help.
- Hercule Poirot: We all have false hopes, Monsieur McKenzie.