Tue 24th - 4

[Hercule Poirot] "Yes, [the murderer] is intelligent. But we must be more intelligent. We must be so intelligent that he does not suspect us of being intelligent at all."

[The somewhat dopey narrator, Mr Hastings] I acquiesced.

"There, mon ami, you will be of great assistance to me."

I was pleased with the compliment.

- The mysterious affair at Styles, Agatha Christie

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