Quotes for MORA Flashcards

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To tell the truth, I was…

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considerably upset and worried.

Sheppard Ch1

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As a professional man, I…

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naturally aim at discretion.

Sheppard Ch1

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Our hobbies and recreations can…

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be summed up in one word, ‘gossip’

Shep Ch2

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Miss Russell has…

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reigned undisputed for 5 years

Ch2

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The strange little man…

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seemed to read my thoughts

Ch3

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Surprising him by…

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my superior gifts

Ch3, Poirot

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But I was foolish-

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and worse than foolish-greedy

Ch3, Shep

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I shall be a very…

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rich man when the old fellow pops off.

Ch3, Ralph in the woods

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Could I do something…

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with the boy? I thought I could

Ch3, Shep about Ralph

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I studied him quietly…

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without appearing to do so.

Ch4, Shep about Ackroyd

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No, I cried…

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impulsively, read it now

Ch4, Shep to RA

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Mr Ackroyd particularly does…

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not want to be disturbed, I said coldly

Ch4, Shep to Parker

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almost cannoned into…

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a man coming in the opposite direction.

Ch4, Shep about Kent

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Ackroyd was…

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sitting there as I left him.

Ch5, Shep about RA

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I did what…

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little had to be done

Ch5

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I observed that…

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his hand was shaking.

Ch5, about Raymond

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Parker was…

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most suspiciously flustered.

Ch5

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She had…

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fainted.

Ch5, about Flora finding out about RA murder

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Butlers can creep…

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about as soft-footed as cats

Ch6, Inspector Davis about Parker

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That Inspector must…

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be a perfect fool’

Ch6, Caroline about the inspector

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be guided by me.

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I advise you not to drag this detective into the case

Ch7, Shep to Flora

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I had hoped that…

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that visit of mine would remain unnoticed

Ch7

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I shall…

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go through with it to the end.

Ch7, Poirot

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I plunged…

I paused for a moment…

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into a careful narrative

to choose my words carefully
Ch7, Shep

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I made an error of judgement in asking you that question...
to each man his own knowledge | Ch7, Poirot when asking Shep about the fire
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It is completely unimportant...
that is why it is so interesting. | Ch7, HP
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he was looking at the case
from some peculiar angle of his own, and what he saw I could not tell Ch8, Shep about HP
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It crossed my mind to wonder whether he really any good as a detective...
had his big reputation been built upon a series of lucky chances? Ch8
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Method, order...
and the little grey cells | Ch8, HP
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a good laundry...
does not starch a handkerchief | Ch8, HP
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it is not easy to hide things from Hercule Poirot...
he has a knack of finding out | Ch9, HP about himself
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Freedom-Life...
- no more scheming and scraping and lying- | Ch9, Flora to Blunt
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was he hard-pressed for money?
interpolated Poirot quickly | Ch10
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She seemed...
a nice girl... She SEEMED a nice girl-yes | Ch10, Shep and Poirot about Ursula
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He said I had the makings of...
a born detective in me | Ch11, Caroline
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It was a very fortunate thing your...
engagement was never formally announced | Ch12, Mrs A to Flora
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Each one of you...
has something to hide | Ch12, HP
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every pair of eyes...
dropped before his, Yes mine as well | Ch12
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Women observe subconsciously a...
thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so Ch13, HP
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this secrecy was...
characteristic of him | Ch14, Shep about HP
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I played...
Watson to his Sherlock | Ch14
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nothing less than a...
flash of sheer genius | Ch14, Shep
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It is all dependant on what...
sum is sufficient to break a man | Ch15, HP to Raymond
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Why shouldn't I have...
a share of the pickings | Ch17, Parker about blackmail
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there was something in the merciless analysis...
and the ruthless power of vision which struck fear into both of us Ch17, Shep about HP basically revealing to him that he knows that he is guilty
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I know now that the whole thing...
lay clearly unravelled before him. He had gotten the last thread he needed to lead him to the truth. Ch18, Shep about HP
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Young women do not...
faint nowadays, without considerable provocation | Ch18, HP about Flora
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I am a thief -
yes, a common, vulgar little thief. | Ch19, Flora
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Ralph and I. We... | We're weak...
we're both weak! miserable, despicable things Ch19, Flora
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you should be an...
inventor by trade, not a doctor | Ch20, HP to Shep
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It occurred to me that there was not...
much which escaped Hercule Poirot | Ch20
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you are so ... James
self-contained James | Ch21
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I was the human...
oyster. | Ch21
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She scorned to label herself a...
'lady parlourmaid' | Ch22
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the ... of Ralph Paton showed itself
innate weakness | Ch22
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her nature, strong and resolute ...
with an inherent distaste for duplicity | Ch22
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He regarded her as a girl who had deliberately...
tried to entrap the adopted son of a very wealthy man | Ch22
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Ralph charged Ursula with... | Ursula reapproached Ralph...
having irretrievably ruined his prospects with his duplicity Ch22
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you have kept your...
personality in the background | Ch23
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Dr Sheppard has... | Dr Sheppard has...
been very loyal been a model of discretion Ch24
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He leaned forward, and suddenly his voice and...
whole personality changed. He suddenly became dangerous. | Ch24
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at nine-thirty Mr Ackroyd...
was already dead | Ch25
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It was the little discrepancy in...
time that first drew my attention to you | Ch26
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My dear Poirot (...) ...
whatever else I may be, I am not a fool | Ch26
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Sheppard's boredom in Ch26
I yawned smiling a little slight yawn
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Poor old Ackroyd. I'm...
always glad I gave him a chance | Ch27
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my death will be a grief to her,
but grief passes... | Ch27
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I feel no...
pity for her I have no pity for myself either Ch27
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some kind of ... | So let it be ...
poetic justice veronal Ch27
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I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and...
came here to grow vegetable marrows | Ch27