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What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett.
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You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"
It will not."
If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."
I, also M. Ratchett."
What's wrong with my proposition?"
Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.
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Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport.
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10))
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If you will forgive me for being personal—I do not like your face, M. Ratchett,
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10))
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If you will forgive me for being personal—I do not like your face, M. Ratchett,’ Poirot said.
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express)
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What's wrong with my proposition? Poirot rose. If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like tour face, M. Ratchett, he said.
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express)
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Mr Ratchett wanted to see the world. He was hampered by knowing no languages. I acted more as a courier than a secretary”.
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M. Ratchett spoke no French.
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Already, at twenty-three minutes to one, Ratchett was dead—” “And it was his murderer speaking!” finished M. Bouc impressively. Poirot
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The American was succeeded by the pale Englishman with the inexpressive face whom Poirot had already noticed on the day before. He stood waiting very correctly. Poirot motioned to him to sit down. “You are, I understand, the valet of M. Ratchett?” “Yes, sir.” “Your name?” “Edward Henry Masterman.” “Your age?” “Thirty-nine.” “And your home address?” “21 Friar Street, Clerkenwell.” “You have heard that your master has been murdered?” “Yes, sir. A very shocking occurrence.” “Will you now tell me, please,
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10))
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If you will forgive me for being personal—I do not like your face, M. Ratchett,” he said.
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Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10))