Poirot (TV Series)
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991)
David Suchet: Hercule Poirot
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Quotes
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Samuel Naughton : Was the accommodation all right?
Hercule Poirot : No, Monsieur Naughton, the accommodation was all wrong.
Samuel Naughton : Oh.
Hercule Poirot : The duck feather pillows; I fear the little ducks are still in them.
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Hercule Poirot : One hundred and twenty-five miles, Hastings, we come on a wild gooseberry hunt.
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Samuel Naughton : Perhaps he was frightened away by ghosts. Well, then. How about a nice kipper? They're fresh today.
Hercule Poirot : My tisane, two slices of bread, toasted on one side only, if you please.
Captain Hastings : Ghosts, did you say?
Samuel Naughton : Well, yes. Haunted house, Marsdon Manor, where he went last night. They say it's full of them.
Hercule Poirot : You have seen them yourself?
Samuel Naughton : Well, no. Not personally I haven't, of course.
Hercule Poirot : How do you know they are fresh?
Samuel Naughton : Sorry?
Hercule Poirot : The kippers.
Samuel Naughton : Oh, yes. They're fresh all right. We get them delivered twice a week from Grimsby.
Hercule Poirot : So it is the place of the untold evil, crawling with the spirits of the living dead?
Samuel Naughton : Grimsby?
Captain Hastings : Marsdon Manor.
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[last lines]
Chief Inspector Japp : [in the Wax Museum] Well, I suppose we'd better be leaving. Catch our train.
Hercule Poirot : Oh, no no no no no no no, no, Chief Inspector. It is still early, and the exhibits here are quite remarkable, n'est-ce pas? To be immortalized in such a fashion unique, ah! quelle honneur. Now I wonder what is around here.
[he stands beside a model of himself]
Captain Hastings : Oh, very impressive.
Chief Inspector Japp : Quite incredible.
Captain Hastings : It's a masterpiece.
Chief Inspector Japp : A true work of art.
Captain Hastings : That's his curly hair to a T.
Chief Inspector Japp : Even got the little dimples on his cheeks.
[they walk up to a model of Chaplin]
Chief Inspector Japp : Look.
Captain Hastings : A real piece of craftsmanship, wouldn't you say?
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Hercule Poirot : Ahh. But Hercule Poirot; he sees everything and he forgets nothing.
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Captain Hastings : Ah, Poirot. Sleep well?
Hercule Poirot : Like the top, Hastings. I am turning and spinning all of the night.
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Samuel Naughton : You worked it all out now, my who-done-it?
Hercule Poirot : No, Monseiur Naughton, I do not give another thought to your who-done-it. The brain of Hercule Poirot is like a finely tuned engine of the motor-car; it does not run on the cheap, low-grade fuel.
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Hercule Poirot : Mr. Naughton, perhaps you would oblige us with a little more of your most illustrious apple sauce?