"Ah, mais c'est Anglais ca," he murmured, "everything in black and white, everything clear cut and well defined. But life, it is not like that, Madem… - Agatha Christie

"Ah, mais c'est Anglais ca," he murmured, "everything in black and white, everything clear cut and well defined. But life, it is not like that, Mademoiselle. There are things that are not yet, but which cast their shadow before."

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About Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author of detective fiction.

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Pen Names: Mary Westmacott
Birth Name: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Native Name: Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE
Also Known As: Duchess of Death • Mistress of Mystery • Queen of Crime
Alternative Names: Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie • Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie • Agatha Christie Mallowan • Lady Mallowan • Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan • Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie • Agatha Christie Mallowa
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"For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and among the sleeping dogs there is one on whom I shall put my foot, and by shooting the arrows into the air, one will come down and hit a glass house!"
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