Poirot (TV Series)

Elephants Can Remember (2013)

David Suchet: Hercule Poirot

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Quotes 

• Hercule Poirot : You say they lived near to Eastbourne? You have acquaintance there? Well, then go. Allez-y, allez-y. Drive about, ask the questions, be the puzzler with the nose.

  Ariadne Oliver : Oh, I see, and someone will remember something.

  Hercule Poirot : Always someone remembers something.

  Ariadne Oliver : You mean elephants. Sorry, I was thinking of elephants at that dinner last night.

  Hercule Poirot : With hesitation, I ask why.

  Ariadne Oliver : Because the meringue got stuck in my teeth.

  Hercule Poirot : I see. Well, the pathway of logic, it is there somewhere, but...

  Ariadne Oliver : Meringue, dentures, ivory, elephants. I must find the elephants. Elephants can remember.

• [last lines] 

  Ariadne Oliver : You and I are elephants, you know? We're good at remembering.

  Hercule Poirot : No, no, Madame. We are human beings. And human beings, mercifully, they can forget.

• Ariadne Oliver : But you haven't answered my question. What shall I do with that dreadful Burton-Cox?

  Hercule Poirot : Hm. The thing you should do, madam, and this I advice you to do most strenuously, is nothing, rien.

  Ariadne Oliver : Hm.

• Hercule Poirot : It is a variation of what the French call le bain de surprise.

  Detective Inspector Beale : I should say it is a surprise. Hot water followed by cold water, is that right?

  Hercule Poirot : Oui, the scorching hot and the freezing cold. The principle of it is one severe shock to the system, and it is often used in conjunction with the electroshock therapy.

  Detective Inspector Beale : Bloody hell. I'm quite glad I'm normal.

  Hercule Poirot : Oui, we may all be thankful, mon ami, that we are in possession of our minds, and some of us more so than others.