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wellinghall) wrote2015-11-06 06:37 pm
wellinghall) wrote2015-11-06 06:37 pm
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A conversation at Whitehaven Mansions
"Did you discover anything at the scene of the crime, Poirot?"
"There has been no crime, mon ami."
"But Mr Habbakuk Jepherson is dead, isn't he? I mean, we saw the newsreels and everything."
"Not every dead man means that a crime has been committed, Hastings. If it did, there would be an extra forty thousand crimes every day, and that is more than even Poirot could deal with."
"So what did happen, Poirot?"
"Ah, Hastings! You have read the same newspaper reports as I have; you have seen the same letter from the good Dowager Duchess; you, too, have travelled on the London Flyer in happier times. It is true that I have visited Alexandra Palace today; but that merely confirmed what I already suspected. The only difference, Hastings, is that you do not apply the little grey cells.
"I tell you again, Hastings, no crime has been committed. Yes, Mr Habbakuk Jepherson us dead; yes, he died a sudden death; and yes, that death occurred when something pierced his heart. But no hand was behind that blade; and no-one will hang for it; no-one will be held to account. It is true that there has been a regrettable accident; and it is hoped that there will be changes. But a crime? No, mon ami.
"And now, have the goodness to keep quiet and let me drink my sirop in peace."
"There has been no crime, mon ami."
"But Mr Habbakuk Jepherson is dead, isn't he? I mean, we saw the newsreels and everything."
"Not every dead man means that a crime has been committed, Hastings. If it did, there would be an extra forty thousand crimes every day, and that is more than even Poirot could deal with."
"So what did happen, Poirot?"
"Ah, Hastings! You have read the same newspaper reports as I have; you have seen the same letter from the good Dowager Duchess; you, too, have travelled on the London Flyer in happier times. It is true that I have visited Alexandra Palace today; but that merely confirmed what I already suspected. The only difference, Hastings, is that you do not apply the little grey cells.
"I tell you again, Hastings, no crime has been committed. Yes, Mr Habbakuk Jepherson us dead; yes, he died a sudden death; and yes, that death occurred when something pierced his heart. But no hand was behind that blade; and no-one will hang for it; no-one will be held to account. It is true that there has been a regrettable accident; and it is hoped that there will be changes. But a crime? No, mon ami.
"And now, have the goodness to keep quiet and let me drink my sirop in peace."