- Mr. Samuel Ratchett: Mr. Perot?
- Hercule Poirot: Perot? Like the American Presidential candidate? Certainly not! The name is Poirot! Hercule Poirot!
- Wolfgang Bouc: I thought you despised computers.
- Hercule Poirot: I do. They are a very poor substitute for the little gray cells, but sometimes they are surprisingly useful.
- Wolfgang Bouc: Poirot?
- Hercule Poirot: [distracted] Oh, forgive me. My mind was temporarily elsewhere.
- Wolfgang Bouc: It's a woman, isn't it?
- Hercule Poirot: Regrettably, yes.
- [sighs]
- Hercule Poirot: We are such opposites, Vera and I. She's flamboyant and beautiful; I'm reserved and homely. She'a a thief; I'm a detective.
- [They laugh]
- Hercule Poirot: The only thing we have in common is the refusal to let the other rule our life... but I cannot stop her from ruling my thoughts.
- Mr. Samuel Ratchett: All 200,000... dollars! Tax free!
- Hercule Poirot: Thank you Mr. Ratchett, but I've made up my mind.
- Mr. Samuel Ratchett: That's a lot of money to turn down.
- Hercule Poirot: I've been very fortunate in my career, Mr. Ratchett, as you have been in yours. I've managed to pay for my needs and my caprices, and now I only take on cases that appeal to me.
- Mr. Samuel Ratchett: Really! And what's wrong with this one?
- Hercule Poirot: May I speak personally?
- Mr. Samuel Ratchett: [With a sweep of his hand] Sure!
- Hercule Poirot: I find you intolerable.
- [He gets up slowly and leaves the table]
- Hercule Poirot: Good-bye.
- Hercule Poirot: I am never in a hurry, and when the world slows down to my pace, I find it very agreeable.