Poirot (TV Series)
Murder in the Mews (1989)
Pauline Moran: Miss Lemon
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Quotes
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Miss Lemon : The trouble is, Mr Poirot, they just don't understand the letters.
Hercule Poirot : Why not?
Miss Lemon : They're Chinese, Mr. Poirot.
Hercule Poirot : The Bulldog Breed laundry is Chinese?
Miss Lemon : Yes, Mr Poirot.
Hercule Poirot : What is the world coming to Miss Lemon?
Miss Lemon : I'm sure I couldn't say, Sir, but when the boy brings your laundry back, he brings the letters back too for me to explain to him.
Hercule Poirot : And you do.
Miss Lemon : No?
Hercule Poirot : Why not?
Miss Lemon : I don't speak Chinese.
Hercule Poirot : So what do you say to him?
Miss Lemon : Well, I... I say "Him collar no vely good starchy." I show him the collars and say it.
Hercule Poirot : Hastings my friend, you spent some years in China, did you not?
Captain Hastings : Oh absolutely. Fine fellows, fine fellows.
Hercule Poirot : Did you ever have any trouble with your laundry.
Captain Hastings : Yes I did as a matter of fact.
Hercule Poirot : And what did you say to them?
Captain Hastings : Well, I said "Him collar no vely good starchy."
Miss Lemon : That's where I got it from, Sir. I asked the Captain, knowing he'd been in the East.
Hercule Poirot : But Hastings, my collars they do not get any better.
Captain Hastings : No. Mine didn't either, now I come to think about it.
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Miss Lemon : You won't forget your dental appointment at 11 will you, Mr. Poirot?
Hercule Poirot : Hercule Poirot does not need to go to the dentist, Miss Lemon.
Miss Lemon : You've put it off once already.
Hercule Poirot : My teeth are perfection. It's sacrilege to tamper with them.