Poirot (TV Series)

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1991)

Hugh Fraser: Captain Hastings

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• Hercule Poirot : You think it is wrong, Hastings, to enjoy the compliments, or the 'buttering,' as you say?

  Captain Hastings : No, but, uh, do you have to show it quite so much? Not English.

  Hercule Poirot : Perhaps it is Belgian. Hastings, why should I be the hypocrite, to blush when I am praised, and to say like you, "It is nothing." Hmph! I have the order, the method, and the psychology. There, I admit it. I am the best. I am Hercule Poirot.

• Captain Hastings : I didn't know you were so keen on opera, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Generally, mon ami, I am not. But the Rigoletto: The father who is jealous. His daughter, she is dishonored, so he plans the murder parfait, but he has failed to understand the psychology. The result: catastrophe! That is what interests me.

  Captain Hastings : Well, it does have a couple of good tunes, I suppose.

• Hercule Poirot : Did you mark about his scar, Hastings?

  Captain Hastings : Yes. You probably need one to be a member here.