unexpected, reasonable

Antonette 2022-04-21 09:03:38

In the early stage, Poirot was calm and self-controlled, and at the beginning of the sergeant's suicide, I could hardly see his mood swings except for a little depression. Facing the Italian Mafia who brutally murdered the little girl but escaped from the law, and the so-called 12-person "jury" formed by the girl's relatives and friends for revenge, what is "law" and what is "justice", his belief has been Can't tell him the answer. In fact, Poirot met the derailed woman who was stoned to death on the street, already hinting at the truth of the story, and the sergeant who committed suicide under Poirot's aggressiveness at the beginning made Poirot's ruthless face a crack, and at the end of the story he chose to hide it The truth is unexpected, and it seems reasonable.

In the end, Poirot's eyes were reddish and he walked heavily into the distance. Behind him were the police and twelve revenge men standing in the snow. This scene can be regarded as the best in the whole story.

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Murder on the Orient Express quotes

  • Mary Debenham: You said of the woman in Istanbul that she knew the rules of her culture and knew what breaking them would mean. So did Cassetti.

    Hercule Poirot: [harshly] And so do you!

    Mary Debenham: When you've been denied justice... you are incomplete. It feels that God has abandoned you in a stark place. I asked God... I think we all did... what we should do, and he said do what is right. And I thought if I did, it would make me complete again.

    Hercule Poirot: [coldly] And are you?

    Mary Debenham: [long pause, then] But I did what was right.

  • Lieutenant Blanchflower: If I may speak out of turn, sir... I think it unjust that one mistake cost Lieutenant Morris so dearly. He was a good man... who was involved in an accident.

    Hercule Poirot: [turns to face him] Unjust?

    Lieutenant Blanchflower: He made an error of judgement. He was a good man.

    Hercule Poirot: It did not have to end in suicide.

    Lieutenant Blanchflower: I think he believed he had no choice.

    Hercule Poirot: A man like your friend, Lieutenant, always has choice, and it was his choice to lie that brought him into difficulty with the law.

    [He turns away]