:25:02
It's what I call a three-pipe yarn.
:25:03
Who was that majestic lady?
:25:05
- The Princess Dragomiroff.
- I have heard.
:25:06
Colonel Arbuthnott, you are the only
passenger in the Calais coach
:25:10
who smokes a "pipe".
:25:14
- So it would appear.
- Then this...
:25:17
...must be your "pipe" cleaner.
:25:21
- It's the same brand.
- It was found in an ashtray
:25:24
by the dead man's bedside.
:25:25
Pardon me, sir.
:25:26
Then someone planted it there.
It's a used "pipe" cleaner.
:25:26
I wonder if you could
oblige me with a light.
:25:29
Certainly.
:25:31
Thank you.
My name is Ratchett.
:25:31
Or are you suggesting
that I'm fool enough
:25:33
to have entered Ratchett's cabin,
murdered him,
:25:33
Do I have the pleasure of speaking
to Mr. Hercule Poirot?
:25:36
cleaned my "pipe" and dropped it
in the ashtray before leaving?
:25:36
The pleasure possibly, Mr. Ratchett,
the intention certainly.
:25:39
You asked me for a light.
:25:40
No, Colonel Arbuthnott.
:25:41
I offered you one,
and you have not used it.
:25:43
Miss Debenham.
:25:43
One can deduce that without
acute mental exhaustion.
:25:47
- Can I stay?
- No, Colonel Arbuthnott.
:25:47
That's wonderful. Sit down, sir.
:25:49
- For a moment.
- Just for a moment.
:25:51
Thank you very much.
:25:54
Well, Mr. Poirot.
:25:55
Please be seated.
:25:56
- Poirot.
- How's that?
:25:58
- Poirot.
- Oh, Poirot. Right.
:26:01
I just wanted to say that in my country
we also come quickly to the point.
:26:02
Forgive me, Miss Debenham,
I must be brief.
:26:04
You met Colonel Arbuthnott and fell
in love with each other in Baghdad.
:26:07
Why must the English conceal
even their most impeccable emotions?
:26:10
I want you to take a job on for me.
:26:11
To answer your observations
in order,
:26:13
of course, yes, yes,
:26:13
It means big money.
:26:15
Very big money.
:26:17
What is the case, or, as you put it, the
job which you wish me to undertake?
:26:17
and I don't know.
:26:19
Then let me tell you what you do know,
that on the Bosporus Ferryboat
:26:21
Mr. Poirot, I'm a rich man.
:26:22
I overheard a part of your conversation
with the colonel.
:26:24
Naturally, men in my
position have enemies.
:26:25
Not now, not now. When it's all over.
When it's behind us, then.
:26:28
Only one.
:26:30
When what was all over,
Miss Debenham?
:26:31
Now, what the hell
do you mean by that?
:26:32
Merely that when a man is in a position
to have, as you say, enemies,
:26:34
And when what was behind you?
:26:36
it does not usually resolve
itself into one enemy only.
:26:36
Was it some task
that had to be performed?
:26:40
Some ordeal that
had to be endured?
:26:41
Oh. Oh, sure. Sure. I appreciate that.
:26:42
Some dark deed
that had to be dispatched?
:26:44
What is your profession?
:26:45
Mr. Poirot, I'm not at liberty
to answer any of those questions.
:26:47
I'm retired.
:26:48
Not here on this train, perhaps.
:26:48
- From what?
- Business.
:26:50
But when the Yugoslav police take
over an unsolved murder case at Brod,
:26:51
What sort of business?
:26:54
you will not remain at liberty
unless you answer the questions.
:26:54
Baby food.
:26:55
But what does that matter?
What matters is my safety.
:26:57
I can always call my lawyers
long-distance.
:26:58
You are in danger?
:26:59
This is a private matter
between the colonel and myself.
:26:59
My life has been threatened,
Mr. Poirot.