Start: Good evening. The story you are...

Start: Good evening. The story you are about to witness is one of romance and tragedy, primal murder, and the urge for revenge. What a better way to spend a pleasant evening together? [... … …] End: I planned to vacation there for several days following a trying case that was on my nerves, but things began to change the moment I stepped into the dinning room of the world famous Tokatlian Hotel, where the enormity of the prices was matched only by the self-esteem of the waiters. My name, incidentally, is Hercule Poirot and I am a detective.

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Ken Ludwig, Murder on the Orient Express, Samuel French, 2017, pp. 12-13.