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the uniform of a conductor,
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which could not possibly
have fitted Pierre,
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and from which, in fact,
there was a button missing.
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And in the trouser
pocket of the uniform
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was a conductor's passkey.
1:32:14
Later still, Mrs. Hubbard discovered
this bloodstained dagger,
1:32:19
which Dr. Constantine confirms
1:32:21
could have been
the murderer's weapon.
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The obvious implication
is that the murderer,
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disguised as a conductor,
boarded the train at Belgrade,
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made his way by means
of the convenient passkey
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to Ratchett's compartment,
stabbed him to death,
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planted the dagger
and the uniform,
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and then departed, since the train
was now halted in a snowdrift.
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Who was he?
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I am inclined to agree
with Mr. Foscarelli,
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who believes that he was
a rival member of the Mafia,
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exacting private vengeance
for a vendetta
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whose precise nature the Yugoslav
police will undoubtedly identify.
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But...
1:33:03
...is that all?
- No. No, no, no, no.
1:33:04
...is that all?
- No. No, no, no, no.
1:33:07
No, it is not.
1:33:09
I said, here is the simple answer.
1:33:15
There is also a more...
1:33:17
...complex one.
1:33:22
But remember
my first solution when I...
1:33:26
When you've heard my second.
1:33:30
Let us, for the moment, assume
what is perfectly plausible,
1:33:33
that the mysterious
stranger did not exist.
1:33:36
The murder must then have been
committed by some person or persons
1:33:41
in the Calais coach and therefore
are present in this dining car.
1:33:47
Let us not, for the moment,
ask the question "how"
1:33:50
but the question "why",
which will tell us how.
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I was not surprised
that every single one of you
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should have heard of
the notorious Armstrong case.