It's freezing!
Are we stuck?
You asked for me?
Another interrogation?
Hercule Poirot :
Oh, no. I enjoy your company.
Merci, Bouc.
Uh, please. I have a list of 10 Questions
I am no nearer to answering,
and the train is about to leave.
You have a clear mind, and I thought that you might produce an insight. Please.
Miss Debenham :
Hmm.
"The Handkerchief."
"The Pipe Cleaner."
"The Scarlet Kimono."
"The Uniform."
"The time on The Watch."
"Was he murdered then?"
"Earlier or later?"
"By one person or more?"
"Which of them?"
Sorry, I can't help you.
Hercule Poirot : Uh... Merci.
Miss Debenham :
Perhaps there is
An Eleventh Question
you don't know to ask yet
that will give you
The Answer to the rest.
WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD, YET?
Hercule Poirot :
Perhaps. I could point an easy finger
at the, uh, Countess Andrenyi.
I discovered she was
Sonia Armstrong's sister.
Are you certain?
Hercule Poirot :
Yes. I suspect she may perhaps
be innocent. Perhaps.
But so many people have lied to me on this train and do not seem to mind.
You yourself did so effortlessly.
Me?
Hercule Poirot :
You told me you had
never been to America.
You also concealed the fact that
at the time of The Tragedy, you
were living in The Armstrong Household
as Governess to Their Daughter.
And you know this.
I have my living to get.
A Girl detained in connection
to a murder case, no decent
class family would engage me.
Miss Debenham, you planned
Ratchett's murder.
And then you sent for
The Countess to witness it.
If she saw him dead,
the Helena you knew might return.
You waited for your roommate to sleep,
but she did not. You drugged her.
But the barbital only gave her a headache.
She begged for an aspirin when The Train
stopped, when The Conductor
was on The Station, when the coast w
as clear at last, when you were
allowed to enter
Ratchett's compartment, unseen.
You loved Daisy Armstrong.
You killed Cassetti.
Miss Debenham :
Cassetti was a pig.
He deserved to die.
You read The Bible, Ringo?
Not regularly, no.
Well, there's this passage I got memorized.
Ezekiel 25:17.
"The Path of The Righteous Man
is beset on all sides
by the inequities of The Selfish
and The Tyranny of Evil Men.
Blessed is he, who in the name
of Charity and Good Will,
shepherds The Weak
through The Valley of Darkness,
for he is truly His Brother's Keeper
and The Finder of Lost Children.
And I will strike down upon thee with great Vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.
And you will know I am the Lord...
when I lay my vengeance upon you."
Now, I been sayin' that shit for years —
and if you heard it, that meant your ass.
I never gave much thought
to what it meant.
I just thought it was some coldblooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass.
But I saw some shit this morning
made me think twice.
See, now I'm thinkin' maybe it means...
You're The Evil Man, and
I'm The Righteous Man,
and Mr. 9-millimeter here,
he's The Shepherd, protecting
my righteous ass in
The Valley of Darkness.
Or it could mean...
You're The Righteous Man,
and I'm The Shepherd,
and it's The World that's
Evil and Selfish.
Yeah, I'd like that.
But that shit ain't The Truth.
The Truth, is —
YOU’RE The Weak...
and I'm The Tyranny,
of Evil Men.
But I'm tryin', Ringo.
I'm tryin' real hard...
To be The Shepherd.
Go.