ABC Murders - Agatha Christie [80]
“I should not accept a hundred,” said Poirot. “Be firm. Say five hundred is your price. And do not confine yourself to one newspaper.”
“Do you really think—that I might—”
“You must realize,” said Poirot, smiling, “that you are a very famous man. Practically the most famous man in England today.”
Mr. Cust drew himself up still further. A beam of delight irradiated his face.
“Do you know, I believe you’re right! Famous! In all the papers. I shall take your advice, M. Poirot. The money will be most agreeable—most agreeable. I shall have a little holiday…And then I want to give a nice wedding present to Lily Marbury—a dear girl—really a dear girl, M. Poirot.”
Poirot patted him encouragingly on the shoulder.
“You are quite right. Enjoy yourself. And—just a little word—what about a visit to an oculist? Those headaches, it is probably that you want new glasses.”
“You think that it may have been that all the time?”
“I do.”
Mr. Cust shook him warmly by the hand.
“You’re a very great man, M. Poirot.”
Poirot, as usual, did not disdain the compliment. He did not even succeed in looking modest.
When Mr. Cust had strutted importantly out, my old friend smiled across at me.
“So, Hastings—we went hunting once more, did we not? Vive le sport.”
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The Murder on the Links
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Peril at End House
Lord Edgware Dies
Murder on the Orient Express
Three Act Tragedy
Death in the Clouds
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Murder in Mesopotamia
Cards on the Table
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Death on the Nile
Appointment with Death
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Sad Cypress
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Evil Under the Sun
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Taken at the Flood
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After the Funeral
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The Moving Finger
A Murder Is Announced
They Do It with Mirrors
A Pocket Full of Rye
4:50 From Paddington
The Mirror Crack’d
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At Bertram’s Hotel
Nemesis
Sleeping Murder
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N or M?
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Postern of Fate
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They Came to Baghdad
Destination Unknown
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Endless Night
Passenger to Frankfurt
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About the Author
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion