While ​the Light Lasts (Hercule Poirot 45.) (Arthur Hastings 12.) 3 csillagozás

This is the story of John Segrave – of his life, which was unsatisfactory; of his love, which was unsatisfied; of his dreams, and of his death; and if in the two latter he found what was denied in the two former, then his life may, after all, be taken as a success.

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One isn't angry with the people who don't count.

Within a Wall IV.

But there are three people, madame, to whom a woman should speak the truth. To her Father Confessor, to her hairdresser and to her private detective – if she trusts him.

The Mystery of The Baghdad Chest (217. oldal)

Claire Halliwell was thirty-two. She had an upright carriage, a healthy colour and nice brown eyes. She was not beautiful, but she looked fresh and pleasent and very English. Everybody liked her, and said she was a good sort.

The Edge. I.