- Hercule Poirot: And please, do not fraternize with that creature. I am still training him.
- Captain Hastings: It's only a parrot.
- Hercule Poirot: I was talking to the parrot.
- Delivery Man: Morning, Sir, I've got a parrot for Mr "Poy-rot".
- Hercule Poirot: No no no! Poirot. It is pronounced "Pwa-roe".
- Delivery Man: I beg your pardon, Governor. I've got a "pwa-roe" for Mr "Poy-rot".
- Miss Lemon: You do like birds, don't you, Mr. Poirot?
- Hercule Poirot: Miss Lemon, small animals have no part to play in the home life of a private detective from Belgium... Except, of course, as a source of nourishment.
- [last lines]
- Parrot: Hello.
- Hercule Poirot: Ah well, at least it was worth a try.
- Parrot: Worth a try. Worth a try.
- Captain Hastings: It's the only explanation that fits.
- Hercule Poirot: Like the round hole into the square peg.