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There are certain humiliating moments in the lives of the greatest of men. It has been said that no man is a hero to his valet. To that may be added that few men are heroes to themselves at the moment of visiting their dentist.
Between five and twenty past twelve and half past one something happened—and presumably nearer the former time.”
Poirot noticed, with sorrow, that she had not yet sewn the buckle on her shoe.
“Liars,” he said, “are neither so circumstantial nor so inconsequential.” Japp went on:
He had the slightly harassed look of a man whose womenfolk have been too much for him.
“I am very odd. That is to say, I am methodical, orderly and logical—and I do not like distorting facts to support a theory—that, I find—is unusual!”
“I am not concerned with nations, Monsieur. I am concerned with the lives of private individuals who have the right not to have their lives taken from them.”
“The world is yours. The New Heaven and the New Earth. In your new world, my children, let there be freedom and let there be pity … That is all I ask.”
