Wasps' Nest Quotes

“I was in Harley Street the other day, and I saw you come out of a certain doctor’s house. I know the doctor and for what disease one consults him, and I read the expression on your face. I have seen it only once or twice in my lifetime, but it is not easily mistaken. It was the face of a man under sentence of death.”
― Agatha Christie, Wasps' Nest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“There was a moment’s pause and Harrison drew himself up. There was a new dignity in his face—the look of a man who has conquered his own baser self. He stretched out his hand across the table.”
― Agatha Christie, Wasps' Nest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story