I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had al — Agatha Christie, Curtain
I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had al — Agatha Christie, Curtain
I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had al — Agatha Christie, Curtain
I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had al — Agatha Christie, Curtain
I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had al — Agatha Christie, Curtain
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I was tired of this silly joking about my 'speaking countenance'. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had always persisted in the humiliating belief that I am a transparent character and that anyone can read what is passing in my mind.

— Agatha Christie, Curtain
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