Murder on the Orient Express
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I was born backwards.
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That is why I work in Africa
as missionary,

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teaching little brown babies
more backwards than myself.

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You coined words like "bed gown",
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and yet you understand
words like "emolument".

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Excellent, Pierre. And could you
summon the passengers to me here?

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I truly believe you did look after
little brown babies at your mission

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One by one in this order except
for the Princess Dragomiroff,

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in Shimoga, which is in India,
by the way, you know.

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who is not only of royal blood, but also
much older than she tries not to look.

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It's not Africa.
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But I believe you
were covering up

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And, Pierre, since you are here
already, we can conveniently start

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for once, years earlier,
when you were in America,

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having looked after a little
white baby called Daisy...

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by questioning you.
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...whose death, though you
could do nothing to prevent it,

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Your full name is Pierre Paul Michel.
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so preyed on your mind that you
sought refuge in a vision of Jesus.

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- Correct, monsieur.
- Two male saints' names.

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And your future as a missionary,
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looking after little brown babies,
was sealed.

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You must be greatly blessed.
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I've had my share
of good fortune, monsieur.

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You. You were lucky
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So... And of bad.
I note the cancellation

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only to be bound and gagged,
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not crushed like the manservant.
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of your wife's photograph
nearly five years ago.

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- Mr. Beddoes.
- Sir.

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You served with the
British army in Scotland.

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- She is deceased.
- She died, monsieur.

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Colonel Armstrong
was in the Royal Scots.

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Of grief at the death
of our only daughter.

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Would you kindly give Dr. Constantine
your deepest butler's bow?

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From scarlet fever.
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Yes, there is an old contusion.
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The result of a slight fracas
in the mess, sir,

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I am truly sorry.
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with regard to the quality of a pudding
known as spotted dick.

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Thank you, but I think
you've been spotted too.

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Let us talk of less
distressing matters.

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On the night of the murder,
after we left Belgrade,

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Mr. Foscarelli is very knowledgeable
about automobiles.

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who were the last passengers
to retire to their compartment?

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I suspected that perhaps he had
once been Armstrong's chauffeur.

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Show me on the diagram.
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About 1:30, I remember seeing
the English colonel say good night

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I asked if he had ever
been in private service.

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No.
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to Mr. McQueen outside
number three and four.

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I think Mr. Foscarelli's
appalling English is more genuine

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I saw him walk back into his
compartment, number 15,

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than Miss Ohlsson's,
but I think he meant yes.

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- Think, monsieur?
- Think, think. Yes, think!

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which he did not leave.
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What else can be done on a train
isolated by a snowdrift?

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And after that,
did no one reemerge?

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If all these people are not
implicated in the crime,

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No, but there was one lady
who opened a door,

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then why have they all told me,
under interrogation,

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I don't know which, and walked
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stupid and often unnecessary lies?
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Why? Why? Why? Why?
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in the direction of the toilet
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Doubtless, Monsieur Poirot,
because they did not expect you

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at the far end of the corridor,
next to the dining car.

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to be on the train. They had no
time to concert their cover story.

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- Did you see her return?
- No, monsieur.

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It is possible
I was answering a bell.

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I was hoping someone
other than myself would say that.


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