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louise was the lady he ran off with! so my theory is (probably) right

“I want a murder,” said Hercule Poirot.
“It sounds very bloodthirsty when you say it like that!”
“I look for a murder and I cannot find a murder. It is exasperating—so I ask you to reflect with me.”

”Mrs. Oliver turned another corner wearily and there ahead of her was the gleam of the water. She hurried towards it down a narrow passageway, heard a footstep behind her, half turned, when she was struck from behind and the world went up in sparks.”

“It was all so different,” said Norma. “My father isn’t at all like I remember him when I was five years old.”
oh so maybe he’s not her father and they want her inheritance

“Haven’t the faintest idea who that chap was,” said Sir Roderick, after Poirot had gone.
“You do not know who he was?” Sonia asked, looking at him in a startled manner.
“Personally I don’t remember who half the people are who come up and talk to me nowadays. Of course, I have to make a good shot at it.”

”And they say how much they love my awful detective Sven Hjerson. If they knew how I hated him! But my publisher always says I’m not to say so.”

”This afternoon. Come and have tea with me.”
“Afternoon tea, I do not drink it.”
“Then you can have coffee.”
“It is not the time of day I usually drink coffee.”
“Chocolate? With whipped cream on top? Or a tisane. You love sipping tisanes. Or lemonade. Or orangeade. Or would you like decaffeinated coffee if I can get it—”
lol she has it all

“You’re too old. Nobody told me you were so old. I really don’t want to be rude but—there it is. You’re too old. I’m really very sorry.”
lmao so much for his ego