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Samuel Ratchett corners Detective Poirot, who is reluctant to speak
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Start: Ratchett: Mr. Poirot, slow up! Now I’d like to discuss that proposition I mentioned. Poirot: Non, non, I’m afraid it is not a good time. Ratchett: Oh sure it is. Sit down. I’ll be quick, I promise.
[... … …]
End: Ratchett: You want me to grovel, is that it? Poirot: I want nothing, monsieur, except to leave. (Poirot exits. Ratchett is darkly unhappy. He stomps his foot.)
For full extended scene, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here:: Ken Ludwig, Murder on the Orient Express, Samuel French, Year, pp. 27-28
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