The ​Hollow (Hercule Poirot 26.) 86% 12 csillagozás

Oh, I'm all right. How delightful to be somewhere where no fat women are trying to get into clothes several sizes too small for them!

Chapter Six.

He was of a bookish turn of mind, collected first editions, and occasionally wrote rather hesitating ironical little articles for obscure reviews.

Chapter Six.

The past is sometimes a very good place to live.

Chapter Six.

We are only, as she knows, moderately fond of caramel custard. There would be something very gross, just after the death of a friend, in eating one's favourite pudding. But caramel custard is so easy – slippery if you know what I mean – and then one leaves a little on one's plate.

Chapter Thirteen.

Hers had never been a mindless beauty. Veronica, he remembered, has qualified as one of our „intellectual actresses.” She had a university degree and had views on Strindberg and on Shakespeare.

Chapter Ten.

How English it is to take the dog for a walk.

Chapter Eighteen.

At six thirteen a.m. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind.

(első mondat)

You took thoughts, choosing them out of your store, and then, not dwelling on them, you let them slip through the fingers of your mind, never clutching at them, never dwelling on them, no concentration … just letting them drift gently past.

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I found him amusing. And he had charm. But I never think one ought to attach too much importance to anybody.

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