:26:01
I just wanted to say that in my country
we also come quickly to the point.
:26:02
Forgive me, Miss Debenham,
I must be brief.
:26:04
You met Colonel Arbuthnott and fell
in love with each other in Baghdad.
:26:07
Why must the English conceal
even their most impeccable emotions?
:26:10
I want you to take a job on for me.
:26:11
To answer your observations
in order,
:26:13
of course, yes, yes,
:26:13
It means big money.
:26:15
Very big money.
:26:17
What is the case, or, as you put it, the
job which you wish me to undertake?
:26:17
and I don't know.
:26:19
Then let me tell you what you do know,
that on the Bosporus Ferryboat
:26:21
Mr. Poirot, I'm a rich man.
:26:22
I overheard a part of your conversation
with the colonel.
:26:24
Naturally, men in my
position have enemies.
:26:25
Not now, not now. When it's all over.
When it's behind us, then.
:26:28
Only one.
:26:30
When what was all over,
Miss Debenham?
:26:31
Now, what the hell
do you mean by that?
:26:32
Merely that when a man is in a position
to have, as you say, enemies,
:26:34
And when what was behind you?
:26:36
it does not usually resolve
itself into one enemy only.
:26:36
Was it some task
that had to be performed?
:26:40
Some ordeal that
had to be endured?
:26:41
Oh. Oh, sure. Sure. I appreciate that.
:26:42
Some dark deed
that had to be dispatched?
:26:44
What is your profession?
:26:45
Mr. Poirot, I'm not at liberty
to answer any of those questions.
:26:47
I'm retired.
:26:48
Not here on this train, perhaps.
:26:48
- From what?
- Business.
:26:50
But when the Yugoslav police take
over an unsolved murder case at Brod,
:26:51
What sort of business?
:26:54
you will not remain at liberty
unless you answer the questions.
:26:54
Baby food.
:26:55
But what does that matter?
What matters is my safety.
:26:57
I can always call my lawyers
long-distance.
:26:58
You are in danger?
:26:59
This is a private matter
between the colonel and myself.
:26:59
My life has been threatened,
Mr. Poirot.
:27:01
Miss Debenham, in a murder case,
no matter is private
:27:02
My secretary can show
you two letters on file.
:27:04
and evasion breeds suspicion,
:27:05
so answer my question.
When what was all over?
:27:07
And I... can show you this.
:27:07
When what was behind you?
Please answer the question.
:27:10
You will remain here
until I get an answer from you.
:27:12
Mon colonel, please, Monsieur Poirot
has expressly forbidden...
:27:13
I sleep on it.
:27:16
Poirot has no right, he's out of order.
This is a private matter.
:27:17
Mr. Poirot...
:27:19
Je vous en prie, mon colonel.
:27:20
...5,000 dollars.
:27:20
- Mon colonel.
- Out of my way.
:27:22
So answer my question.
When what was all over?
:27:23
No?
:27:23
When what was behind?
Answer my question.
:27:25
Get your hands off
Miss Debenham.
:27:25
Ten thousand?
:27:26
I was not aware that I was keeping
my hands on Miss Debenham.
:27:28
Fifteen thousand.
:27:30
I asked her a simple question
:27:30
Mr. Ratchett, I have
made enough money
:27:31
- which she refused to answer.
- So I heard.
:27:32
to satisfy both my needs
and my caprices.
:27:34
Then perhaps you can
answer it for her.
:27:35
I take only such cases now
as interest me,
:27:38
and to be frank, my interest
in your case is... dwindling.
:27:45
Can you give me your solemn oath,
:27:47
as a foreigner,
:27:51
that if the answer
has nothing to do with the murder,
:27:54
you'll treat it confidentially?
:27:56
I will.