Hallowe'en Party

It is always difficult to know if you like anyone beautiful. You like beauty to look at, at the same time you dislike beauty almost on principle.

Too much mercy, as he knew from former experience both in Belgium and this country, often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

“Old sins have long shadows,” quoted Poirot. “As we advance through life, we learn the truth of that saying.

it is one of the great consolations in nature that a man, however unattractive, will find that he is attractive—to some woman.

“Ah yes, so I did. I’m old-fashioned, you know. I like to send round cards at Christmas time to a few old friends.”