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The only unfilled hole, atonement
Corene 2022-09-06 23:33:31
Haven't read the original, but there is a question nobody mentioned? The deceased knew that someone would kill him. He was not afraid of death, but he had to go to Calais to atone for his sins, and then he would take the initiative to face death. So what does he mean by atonement? Certainly not just the two hundred thousand dollars, because there is no need to go to Calais, and it will be atonement to be killed and taken away. So what is he going to do to atone for his sins? I don't know if there is a follow-up in the original work, or the director slipped.
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Murder on the Orient Express quotes
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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.
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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]