Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

by Agatha Christie

Food of good quality and suitable alcoholic refreshment—with lemonade on the side, that, to the right people, is quite enough to make a party go.

“May your moustaches never grow less,” said Spence.

Hercule Poirot, who had no wish to listen to this high-level scientific discussion, broke in.