“My wife is equal to any amount of shocks. I wonder if you know her reason for seeing you?” Poirot replied placidly: “Curiosity?” A kind of respect showed in the other man’s eyes. “Ah, you realize that?” Poirot said: “It is inevitable. Women will always see a private detective! Men will tell him to go to the devil.” “Some women might tell him to go to the devil too.” “After they have seen him—not before.”
