Quotes for TMORA ☎️ Flashcards
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To tell the truth, I was…
MORA
considerably upset and worried.
Sheppard Ch1
As a professional man, I…
MORA
naturally aim at discretion.
Sheppard Ch1
Our hobbies and recreations can…
MORA
be summed up in one word, ‘gossip’
Shep Ch2
Miss Russell has…
MORA
reigned undisputed for 5 years
Ch2
The strange little man…
seemed to read my thoughts
Ch3
Surprising him by…
my superior gifts
Ch3, Poirot
But I was foolish-
and worse than foolish-greedy
Ch3, Shep
I shall be a very…
rich man when the old fellow pops off.
Ch3, Ralph in the woods
Could I do something…
with the boy? I thought I could
Ch3, Shep about Ralph
I studied him quietly…
without appearing to do so.
Ch4, Shep about Ackroyd
No, I cried…
impulsively, read it now
Ch4, Shep to RA
Mr Ackroyd particularly does…
not want to be disturbed, I said coldly
Ch4, Shep to Parker
almost cannoned into…
a man coming in the opposite direction.
Ch4, Shep about Kent
Ackroyd was…
sitting there as I left him.
Ch5, Shep about RA
I did what…
little had to be done
Ch5
I observed that…
his hand was shaking.
Ch5, about Raymond
Parker was…
most suspiciously flustered.
Ch5
She had…
fainted.
Ch5, about Flora finding out about RA murder
Butlers can creep…
about as soft-footed as cats
Ch6, Inspector Davis about Parker
That Inspector must…
be a perfect fool’
Ch6, Caroline about the inspector
be guided by me.
I advise you not to drag this detective into the case
Ch7, Shep to Flora
I had hoped that…
that visit of mine would remain unnoticed
Ch7
I shall…
go through with it to the end.
Ch7, Poirot
I plunged…
I paused for a moment…
into a careful narrative
to choose my words carefully
Ch7, Shep
I made an error of judgement in asking you that question…
to each man his own knowledge
Ch7, Poirot when asking Shep about the fire
It is completely unimportant…
that is why it is so interesting.
Ch7, HP
he was looking at the case
from some peculiar angle of his own, and what he saw I could not tell
Ch8, Shep about HP
It crossed my mind to wonder whether he was really any good as a detective…
had his big reputation been built upon a series of lucky chances?
Ch8
Method, order…
and the little grey cells
Ch8, HP
a good laundry…
does not starch a handkerchief
Ch8, HP
it is not easy to hide things from Hercule Poirot…
he has a knack of finding out
Ch9, HP about himself
was he hard-pressed for money?
interpolated Poirot quickly
Ch10
She seemed…
a nice girl… She SEEMED a nice girl-yes
Ch10, Shep and Poirot about Ursula
He said I had the makings of…
a born detective in me
Ch11, Caroline
It was a very fortunate thing your…
engagement was never formally announced
Ch12, Mrs A to Flora
Each one of you…
has something to hide
Ch12, HP
every pair of eyes…
dropped before his, Yes mine as well
Ch12
Women observe subconsciously a…
thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so
Ch13, HP
this secrecy was…
characteristic of him
Ch14, Shep about HP
I played…
Watson to his Sherlock
Ch14
nothing less than a…
flash of sheer genius
Ch14, Shep
It is all dependant on what…
sum is sufficient to break a man
Ch15, HP to Raymond
Why shouldn’t I have…
a share of the pickings
Ch17, Parker about blackmail
there was something in the merciless analysis…
and the ruthless power of vision which struck fear into both of us
Ch17, Shep about HP basically revealing to him that he knows that he is guilty
I know now that the whole thing…
lay clearly unravelled before him. He had gotten the last thread he needed to lead him to the truth.
Ch18, Shep about HP
Young women do not…
faint nowadays, without considerable provocation
Ch18, HP about Flora
I am a thief -
yes, a common, vulgar little thief.
Ch19, Flora
Ralph and I. We…
We’re weak…
we’re both weak!
miserable, despicable things
Ch19, Flora
you should be an…
inventor by trade, not a doctor
Ch20, HP to Shep
It occurred to me that there was not…
much which escaped Hercule Poirot
Ch20
you are so … James
self-contained James
Ch21
I was the human…
oyster.
Ch21
She scorned to label herself a…
‘lady parlourmaid’
Ch22
the … of Ralph Paton showed itself
innate weakness
Ch22
her nature, strong and resolute …
with an inherent distaste for duplicity
Ch22- ralph about ursula
He regarded her as a girl who had deliberately…
tried to entrap the adopted son of a very wealthy man
Ch22
Ralph charged Ursula with…
Ursula reapproached Ralph…
having irretrievably ruined his prospects
with his duplicity
Ch22
you have kept your…
personality in the background
Ch23
Dr Sheppard has…
Dr Sheppard has…
been very loyal
been a model of discretion
Ch24
He leaned forward, and suddenly his voice and…
whole personality changed. He suddenly became dangerous.
Ch24
at nine-thirty Mr Ackroyd…
was already dead
Ch25
It was the little discrepancy in…
time that first drew my attention to you
Ch26
My dear Poirot (…) …
whatever else I may be, I am not a fool
Ch26
Sheppard’s boredom in Ch26
I yawned
smiling a little
slight yawn
Poor old Ackroyd. I’m…
always glad I gave him a chance
Ch27
my death will be a grief to her,
but grief passes…
Ch27
I feel no…
pity for her
I have no pity for myself either
Ch27
some kind of …
So let it be …
poetic justice
veronal
Ch27
I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and…
came here to grow vegetable marrows
Ch27
how is sheppards narrative described?
‘scrupulously accurate and teasingly incomplete’
“it was strictly truthful as far as it went…”
“but it did not go very far”
