Murder on the Orient Express
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They could not have done it
without you, could they?

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But he was only the number two.
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The subordinate of a boss whom,
at first, he was too terrified to identify.

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You.
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The procurer of this disguise for
the mysterious member of the Mafia,

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Only on the eve of his electrocution
did he give the name of the boss,

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who by then had disappeared
with the ransom money.

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who never existed
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any more than the owner
of this kimono existed

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I remember feeling ashamed
that he had an Italian name.

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as a real character and not as a red
herring to confuse and deceive me.

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Cassetti.
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Che mostro. He had
a child's blood on his hands.

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Although I think
that I was not deceived.

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He had worse than that.
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I have, how shall I put it,
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After the shock
of the body's discovery,

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an eye for the...
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Mrs. Armstrong gave premature birth
to a stillborn child,

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For the figure
of a receding woman.

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Countess, your cosmopolitan accent
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and herself died in the process.
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showed an inherited ability...
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Her husband, Colonel Armstrong,
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once a brave officer in
the Scots Guard, shot himself,

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...from your actress mother.
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and Mrs. Armstrong's personal maid,
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But God knows
from what implausible source

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who came wrongly
under suspicion of complicity,

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threw herself from her
bedroom window and she died,

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Miss Greta Ohlsson...
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so five deaths, five.
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...learned her English vocabulary,
too ludicrous to be credited.

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Then I thank heaven that Giuseppe,
who spilt so much blood in his lifetime,

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should have his own blood
spilt now.

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I was born backwards.
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That is why I work in Africa
as missionary,

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teaching little brown babies
more backwards than myself.

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You coined words like "bed gown",
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and yet you understand
words like "emolument".

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Excellent, Pierre. And could you
summon the passengers to me here?

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I truly believe you did look after
little brown babies at your mission

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One by one in this order except
for the Princess Dragomiroff,

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in Shimoga, which is in India,
by the way, you know.

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who is not only of royal blood, but also
much older than she tries not to look.

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It's not Africa.
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But I believe you
were covering up

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And, Pierre, since you are here
already, we can conveniently start

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for once, years earlier,
when you were in America,

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having looked after a little
white baby called Daisy...

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by questioning you.
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...whose death, though you
could do nothing to prevent it,

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Your full name is Pierre Paul Michel.
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so preyed on your mind that you
sought refuge in a vision of Jesus.

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- Correct, monsieur.
- Two male saints' names.

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And your future as a missionary,
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looking after little brown babies,
was sealed.

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You must be greatly blessed.
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I've had my share
of good fortune, monsieur.

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You. You were lucky
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So... And of bad.
I note the cancellation

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only to be bound and gagged,
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not crushed like the manservant.
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of your wife's photograph
nearly five years ago.

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- Mr. Beddoes.
- Sir.

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You served with the
British army in Scotland.

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- She is deceased.
- She died, monsieur.

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Colonel Armstrong
was in the Royal Scots.

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Of grief at the death
of our only daughter.

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Would you kindly give Dr. Constantine
your deepest butler's bow?


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