Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quotes Flashcards
“To ____ the _____”
“To tell the truth”
“I have got into the _____ of ___________ _________ all _________ possible”
I have got into the habit of continually withholding all information possible
“we are ____ in _________ ______ and retired ________ ________.”
“we are rich in unmarried ladies and retired military officers.”
"”It is ____,” he said at last.
“What is ____?” I asked _________.”
"”It is Fate,” he said at last.
“What is Fate?” I asked irritably.”
“I ________ with my hand on the door ______, _______ back and _________ if there was ________ I had left ______.”
I hesitated with my hand on the door handle, looking back and wondering if there was anything I had left undone.
“That _________ must be a _______ ____.”
“That inspector must be a perfect fool.”
“He looked ____________ full of his own __________. It _______ my ____ to ______ whether he was really any ____ as a _________.”
“He looked ridiculously full of his own importance. It crossed my mind to wonder whether he was really any good as a detective.”
“I ___________, and ________ my own _______ trouble.”
I sympathized, and narrated my own similar trouble.
“I _______ that when we find the ___________ of that _________ call we shall find the ____________ of the ______.”
I believe that when we find the explanation of that telephone call we shall find the explanation of the murder.
“Every ___ of ___ in this ____ is _________ ________
from me.”
“Every one of you in this room is concealing something
from me.”
“It was then that I went on, ______ by _________ _____, and ________ ________ by my _______.”
“It was then that I went on, goaded by Caroline’s gibes, and rendered reckless by my triumph.”
“There is in him _________ a ______ of ________ — ____ ____.”
“There is in him somewhere a strain of weakness—deep down.”
“It ________ to me that there was ___ ____ which ________ _______ ______.”
“It occurred to me that there was not much which escaped Hercule Poirot.”
“In ____ — Dr. ________!”
“In fact—Dr. Sheppard!”
