Character: captain Arthur Hastings

There are many reasons and first of them is that the black is replaced by red.
- What are you, Poirot? - I exclaimed.
- I used the terminology of roulette. In roulette during the game may take a while to appear black, but in the end the ball stops on red. It is a mathematical law of probabilities.

The second murder in the novel often animates events. If the offence is committed in the first Chapter and you have to delve in the alibi all the heroes to the penultimate page of the book, this can be annoying.

- Your destiny is to be around to save me from the unforgivable mistakes.
- What kind of errors?
- From neglect evident.

- I can't drink! In my tea should not be more than three tablespoons of sugar. What does it miss lemon.
- I put three spoons.
- So, miss lemon uses a smaller spoon!

- One [ice cream] you, chief inspector. Mr. Poirot no one on the train on the way here I read that ice cream is bad for your grey cells...
And two for me, as my long dead!

- To play good Golf does not prevent to commit suicide, Hastings.
- You don't understand Golf, Poirot.

- Are you married?
- God forbid!

- Poirot, you don't like the porter and we were late!
- Don't blame yourself, Hastings.

Poirot, sometimes I think you're giving me these tasks, in order to see how much humiliation I can take in one day.

- Why not come Mrs Japp?
She doesn't like fireworks.
This noise gets on the nerves of many...
- Maybe, maybe... But most likely, she just doesn't like when people are happy.

- Bon Appétit, my friend. And don't be afraid to praise.
Wonderful rabbit!.. [Poirot's gaze hints to continue the praise] Oh! This is amazing! Delicious! This is necrolatreia rabbit I have ever eaten!

- Poirot, did you notice her unusual eye color?
Oh, Yes, Hastings! In my opinion, this color is called "blue".

Women always say I understand them very well...
- Hastings, I would like to hear it from them.

- What is "cheeky", Hastings?
- This means... a girl of this sort, whose variety is not better than it should be... something like that.
- Not better than..?
Exactly.