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1
Q

To tell the truth, I was…

MORA

A

considerably upset and worried.

Sheppard Ch1

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As a professional man, I…

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naturally aim at discretion.

Sheppard Ch1

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3
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Our hobbies and recreations can…

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be summed up in one word, ‘gossip’

Shep Ch2

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4
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Miss Russell has…

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reigned undisputed for 5 years

Ch2

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5
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The strange little man…

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seemed to read my thoughts

Ch3

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6
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Surprising him by…

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my superior gifts

Ch3, Poirot

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7
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But I was foolish-

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and worse than foolish-greedy

Ch3, Shep

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8
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I shall be a very…

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rich man when the old fellow pops off.

Ch3, Ralph in the woods

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9
Q

Could I do something…

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with the boy? I thought I could

Ch3, Shep about Ralph

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10
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I studied him quietly…

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without appearing to do so.

Ch4, Shep about Ackroyd

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11
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No, I cried…

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impulsively, read it now

Ch4, Shep to RA

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12
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Mr Ackroyd particularly does…

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not want to be disturbed, I said coldly

Ch4, Shep to Parker

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13
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almost cannoned into…

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a man coming in the opposite direction.

Ch4, Shep about Kent

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14
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Ackroyd was…

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sitting there as I left him.

Ch5, Shep about RA

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15
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I did what…

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little had to be done

Ch5

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16
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I observed that…

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his hand was shaking.

Ch5, about Raymond

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17
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Parker was…

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most suspiciously flustered.

Ch5

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18
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She had…

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fainted.

Ch5, about Flora finding out about RA murder

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19
Q

Butlers can creep…

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about as soft-footed as cats

Ch6, Inspector Davis about Parker

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20
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That Inspector must…

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be a perfect fool’

Ch6, Caroline about the inspector

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21
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be guided by me.

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I advise you not to drag this detective into the case

Ch7, Shep to Flora

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22
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I had hoped that…

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that visit of mine would remain unnoticed

Ch7

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23
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I shall…

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go through with it to the end.

Ch7, Poirot

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24
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I plunged…

I paused for a moment…

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into a careful narrative

to choose my words carefully
Ch7, Shep

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25
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I made an error of judgement in asking you that question…

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to each man his own knowledge

Ch7, Poirot when asking Shep about the fire

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26
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It is completely unimportant…

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that is why it is so interesting.

Ch7, HP

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27
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he was looking at the case

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from some peculiar angle of his own, and what he saw I could not tell
Ch8, Shep about HP

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28
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It crossed my mind to wonder whether he was really any good as a detective…

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had his big reputation been built upon a series of lucky chances?
Ch8

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29
Q

Method, order…

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and the little grey cells

Ch8, HP

30
Q

a good laundry…

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does not starch a handkerchief

Ch8, HP

31
Q

it is not easy to hide things from Hercule Poirot…

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he has a knack of finding out

Ch9, HP about himself

32
Q

was he hard-pressed for money?

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interpolated Poirot quickly

Ch10

33
Q

She seemed…

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a nice girl… She SEEMED a nice girl-yes

Ch10, Shep and Poirot about Ursula

34
Q

He said I had the makings of…

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a born detective in me

Ch11, Caroline

35
Q

It was a very fortunate thing your…

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engagement was never formally announced

Ch12, Mrs A to Flora

36
Q

Each one of you…

A

has something to hide

Ch12, HP

37
Q

every pair of eyes…

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dropped before his, Yes mine as well

Ch12

38
Q

Women observe subconsciously a…

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thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so
Ch13, HP

39
Q

this secrecy was…

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characteristic of him

Ch14, Shep about HP

40
Q

I played…

A

Watson to his Sherlock

Ch14

41
Q

nothing less than a…

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flash of sheer genius

Ch14, Shep

42
Q

It is all dependant on what…

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sum is sufficient to break a man

Ch15, HP to Raymond

43
Q

Why shouldn’t I have…

A

a share of the pickings

Ch17, Parker about blackmail

44
Q

there was something in the merciless analysis…

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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

45
Q

I know now that the whole thing…

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lay clearly unravelled before him. He had gotten the last thread he needed to lead him to the truth.
Ch18, Shep about HP

46
Q

Young women do not…

A

faint nowadays, without considerable provocation

Ch18, HP about Flora

47
Q

I am a thief -

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yes, a common, vulgar little thief.

Ch19, Flora

48
Q

Ralph and I. We…

We’re weak…

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we’re both weak!
miserable, despicable things
Ch19, Flora

49
Q

you should be an…

A

inventor by trade, not a doctor

Ch20, HP to Shep

50
Q

It occurred to me that there was not…

A

much which escaped Hercule Poirot

Ch20

51
Q

you are so … James

A

self-contained James

Ch21

52
Q

I was the human…

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oyster.

Ch21

53
Q

She scorned to label herself a…

A

‘lady parlourmaid’

Ch22

54
Q

the … of Ralph Paton showed itself

A

innate weakness

Ch22

55
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her nature, strong and resolute …

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with an inherent distaste for duplicity

Ch22- ralph about ursula

56
Q

He regarded her as a girl who had deliberately…

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tried to entrap the adopted son of a very wealthy man

Ch22

57
Q

Ralph charged Ursula with…

Ursula reapproached Ralph…

A

having irretrievably ruined his prospects
with his duplicity
Ch22

58
Q

you have kept your…

A

personality in the background

Ch23

59
Q

Dr Sheppard has…

Dr Sheppard has…

A

been very loyal
been a model of discretion
Ch24

60
Q

He leaned forward, and suddenly his voice and…

A

whole personality changed. He suddenly became dangerous.

Ch24

61
Q

at nine-thirty Mr Ackroyd…

A

was already dead

Ch25

62
Q

It was the little discrepancy in…

A

time that first drew my attention to you

Ch26

63
Q

My dear Poirot (…) …

A

whatever else I may be, I am not a fool

Ch26

64
Q

Sheppard’s boredom in Ch26

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I yawned
smiling a little
slight yawn

65
Q

Poor old Ackroyd. I’m…

A

always glad I gave him a chance

Ch27

66
Q

my death will be a grief to her,

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but grief passes…

Ch27

67
Q

I feel no…

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pity for her
I have no pity for myself either
Ch27

68
Q

some kind of …

So let it be …

A

poetic justice
veronal
Ch27

69
Q

I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and…

A

came here to grow vegetable marrows

Ch27

70
Q

how is sheppards narrative described?

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‘scrupulously accurate and teasingly incomplete’

71
Q

“it was strictly truthful as far as it went…”

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“but it did not go very far”

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