Poirot (TV Series)

The Incredible Theft (1989)

David Suchet: Hercule Poirot

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Quotes 

• Miss Lemon : This lady keeps telephoning, Mr. Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Sacré. What a terrible circumstance.

  Miss Lemon : There's no need to be sarcastic, Mr. Poirot. I was going on to say that I didn't put her through to you, because she wouldn't give her name.

  Hercule Poirot : Ah.

  Miss Lemon : I told her you don't take anonymous phone-calls.

  Hercule Poirot : But I do, Miss Lemon. Sometimes I think anonymous telephone calls are the only ones worth taking.

  Miss Lemon : But how will I know where to file her if I haven't got a name?

  Hercule Poirot : Life first, Ms. Lemon, filing second.

  Miss Lemon : Very well then.

  [Hastings huffs in amusement] 

  Miss Lemon : Next time she calls, I'll let her talk to you. And on your own head be it.

  Captain Hastings : You shouldn't tease her, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : She makes it irresistible.

• [last lines] 

  Chief Inspector Japp : Must be depressing for you when that sort of thing happens, eh, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : What sort of thing?

  Chief Inspector Japp : Why, everything working out for the best: some married couple ready for a second honeymoon, orphan children reunited with their parents.

  Hercule Poirot : Yes, it is hard, hm. But we must put on it the brave face, huh. And not allow cheerfulness to keep breaking through.

  Hercule Poirot : [laughing]  Drive on, Hastings.

• Hercule Poirot : I'll have to take a promenade in the garden before turning in. It will clear my brain.

  Lady Carrington : You might have done that before we played cards.

  Hercule Poirot : Madame is too agreeable. Good night.

• Sir George Carrington : Froggy thinks she didn't do it.

  Hercule Poirot : [entering]  Froggy *knows* she didn't do it.

• Hercule Poirot : Non, non, non! There should not be between the husband and the wife, the sleepy dogs!

• Captain Hastings : You shouldn't tease her, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : She makes it irresistible.

• Hercule Poirot : [polishing his shoe]  Petroleum jelly, Hastings, that is the secret. You rub it well in and it will prevent the cracking, yes.

  Captain Hastings : [resting on a sofa]  How do you work out cubic thingummies?

  Hercule Poirot : Comme?

  Captain Hastings : Cubic thingummies, how do you work them out? I mean, this ceiling is what? Ten feet up, yes. So do you multiply ten...

  Hercule Poirot : Hastings, I am trying to instruct you in the care of patent leather, something that will be of use to you in later life.

  Captain Hastings : So will be cubic thingummies. Suppose I'll have to survey something or something.

  Hercule Poirot : You do not deceive me, Hastings. You are having these eccentric thoughts because of this girl of yours, eh? This student of architecture.

  Captain Hastings : Well, we never seem to have anything to talk about. I tried reading a book about Bernini. She is very keen on Bernini. I couldn't make head or tail of it.

  Hercule Poirot : No, no, no, no, no, Hastings, women do not wish to talk about Bernini and cubic "thingummies".

  Captain Hastings : I don't know if she wants to talk about anything. She's never in when I call around to see her. I end up having tea with her mother every day.