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Ladies and gentlemen.
Please, please, patience.
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You must have patience.
Now, you will all get the chance
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to state your views to Monsieur Poirot
at his own good time.
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- Now, please...
- It is not good time. It is bad time.
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God's laws have been bust,
thou shalt not kill.
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And why was I not notified at once,
Signor... Mr. Bianchi?
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- I was his nearest associate.
- And I was nearest to his murderer.
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You mean you saw the man?
You can identify the murderer?
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I mean nothing of the kind.
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I mean there was a man
in my compartment last night.
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It was pitch-dark, of course,
and my eyes were closed in terror.
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Then how did you know it was a man?
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Because I've enjoyed very warm
relationships with both my husbands.
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- With your eyes closed?
- That helped.
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- Excuse me.
- Anyway, the man smelt of tobacco.
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Mr. McQueen,
Monsieur Poirot would be grateful
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for a few minutes of your time.
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- Excuse me.
- Don't you agree the man
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must've entered my compartment
to gain access to Mr. Ratchett?
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I can think of no other reason,
madame.
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Pierre, your passkey.
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Voilà, monsieur.
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And will you discreetly procure
me a lady's hatbox,
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one of the big, old-fashioned kind,
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perhaps from the
Princess Dragomiroff's maid?
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Give me five minutes, doctor.
:41:22
Mr. McQueen, I regret
to have kept you waiting,
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but there has been much to establish.
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Please be seated. Now,
Mr. McQueen, I should be grateful
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for anything you can usefully tell me.
What, for example, is...?
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Let's get just a couple
of things straight first, Mr. Poirot.
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Who, for example, are you,
and what is your status here?
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Excuse me.
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Monsieur Poirot is a detective,
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officially delegated to investigate
this case by me.
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Let us proceed with the matter in
hand. Your relationship with Ratchett?
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I'm his... I was his secretary.
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- For how long?
- A year, give or take.
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- Where did you meet?
- In Persia.
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He was collecting Gorgan pottery
with considerable success.