Princess Dagomiroff Quotes

Some of the main challenges for Poirot are possibly him questioning every passenger and trying to discover how many of them are telling the truth and how many are not. Many of them seemed to be telling a partial truth in the beginning but were later on discovered to be lying in order to protect a loved one. Around this time Poirot begins to remember the sad tragedy of the Armstrong case, a morbid kidnapping of a young girl named Daisy Armstrong. The kidnapper, Cassetti, had already murdered poor Daisy before he had asked for a ransom. The death of Daisy went on to ignite a chain of death’s in her family group, first her pregnant mother and her baby, then her father, then their maid. Poirot comes to realize that M. Samuel Ratchett is actually …show more content…
Poirot, at this time, starts to become more more irritable. He begins to become more frustrated with passengers who refuse to answer questions truthfully. Many other characters also begin to show their traits more clearly. Mrs. Hubbard, although this was portrayed earlier in the book, show herself as a chatty and somewhat snobby woman. Princess Dragomiroff is starting be shown as a elegant, quaint Princess. As for most of the men they are mostly shown as not caring much for the case. All passengers together, not including Poirot, M. Bouc or Dr. Constantine, seem to all form a jury. Each person representing a certain opinion that may be placed in a jury. Just like juries have opinions these passengers do as well, most towards Poirot. For example, Count Andrenyi does not think much of Poirot, his interests only extend to the well being of his wife. Mrs. Hubbard does not seem to have a problem with anyone, she speaks to anyone with an ear to listen. Mary Debenham neither likes Poirot or dislikes him, she seems to be neutral, but is quite fidgety when being questioned, she seemed to be especially fidgety when Poirot began to notice her injured