Dead Man's Mirror Quotes

“It is a grief to Sir Gervase, yes, that he has no son to inherit his name?”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“Mr. Satterthwaite’s conversation was apt to be unduly burdened by mentions of his titled acquaintances.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“Good morning, mademoiselle. Yes, it is as you say. You now behold a detective—a great detective, I may say—in the act of detecting!”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“Yes, it is as you say. You now behold a detective- a great detective, I may say- in the act of detecting!”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story

“Such a one is encased, is he not, in an armour—such an armour! The armour of the crusaders was nothing to it—an armour of arrogance, of pride, of complete self-esteem. This armour, it is in some ways a protection, the arrows, the everyday arrows of life glance off it. But there is this danger; Sometimes a man in armour might not even know he was being attacked. He will be slow to see, slow to hear—slower still to feel.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story