Mrs. Hubbard: Monsieur Poirot, we are in...

Mrs. Hubbard: Monsieur Poirot, we are in your hands, and we acknowledge it. But would you really have preferred it if Bruno Cassetti had gotten away scot-free? Would that be the kind of justice you are after? [... … …] There would be months of trials, lives would be damaged even more than they have been already, and a great many people would be forced to relive the most terrible moment in all of their lives - more terrible than any human being should ever have to experience. Is that what you want? Examine your heart and tell us what you want.

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. 89.