“The squirrel, my good Georges, collects nuts. He stores them up in the autumn so that they may be of advantage to him later. To make a success of humanity, Georges, we must profit by the lessons of those below us in the animal kingdom. I have always done so. I have been the cat, watching at the mouse hole. I have been the good dog following up the scent, and not taking my nose from the trail. And also, my good Georges, I have been the squirrel. I have stored away the little fact here, the little fact there. I go now to my store and I take out one particular nut, a nut that I stored away ”


“Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so…You are young, younger than you yourself know. Trust the train, Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it.”


Poirot ♥️