Agatha Christie's Poirot

We need the river for access.

What about the other area downstream?

We can't afford them both, Simeon.

Well, we've got to.

If anyone else starts prospecting,

we'll have lost all that we've done

over the last six months.

There.

That's my share for the claim.

I'm off at first light.

I should make Pretoria in four days.

And be back in ten, eh?

And in six months...

we'll be rich.

Good night, Gerrit.

Good night.

Who the hell are you?

Stella de Zuigder.

And you?

Lee.

Simeon Lee.

How long have I been here?

This is your third day.

You'd have died in half a day if we hadn't have found you.

Thanks.

I was, uh, mauled by a lion.

Yeah, I know.

I took the bullet out.

All right.

My partner attacked me.

That's what diamonds do to people, eh?

Don't worry.

They're safe.

And your map.

It's a bit bloodstained, though.

Do you, uh...

live out here all by yourself?

My father got tired of trying to marry me off.

Simeon?

Simeon?

Simeon!

Happy Christmas.

And to you, sir.

Thank you very much.

Well, that's the last decent meal I'll get

till the New Year I expect.

You are not looking forward

to your Christmas, Chief Inspector?

We're going to Mrs. Japp's family in Wales.

Ah.

If they start singing again...

I shall think of you, Chief Inspector,

as I sit down to my simple repast.

For Poirot, it will be a quiet Christmas,

with my radio perhaps, a book,

and a box of exquisite Belgian chocolates.

Well, listen, Poirot.

Think of me on Christmas morning when you open this.

Oh, thank you very much, Chief Inspector.

Merry Christmas, Poirot.

Merry Christmas to you.

Oh, yes, of course.

There we are, my dear. - Thank you, sir.

And a very happy Christmas to you.

- And to you. - Thank you.

All right, all right, I'm not a child.

Bring them in.

Mr. Simeon Lee?

Yes.

Have you got them?

Get out.

Get out, all of you!

Beg pardon.

Voilà.

Can I help you?

- Yes, Monsieur Dicker? - Yes.

Monsieur Dicker, my radiator, it has gone cold.

And there is a... - The boiler is broken, sir.

Well, then the boiler, it must be repaired.

It will be after Christmas, sir.

After Christmas? That is most unsatisfactory.

Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it.

I don't...

I cannot get ahold of a plumber, sir,

until after the holidays.

I see. I see.

I'm sorry about it, but there's nothing I can do.

Au revoir, Monsieur Dicker.

Oh, non.

Yes?

Hercule Poirot?

Yes, it is I, Hercule Poirot, who speaks.

I need a detective

to come and stay here in my house for Christmas.

Non, monsieur, I...

Don't say no just like that.

Hear me out.

Superintendent Sugden of the Shropshire Police

recommended you.

I do not know him.

I don't care if you don't know him.

He knows you.

My life is in danger.

Have you received any threats, Monsieur...

Lee. Simeon Lee.

Ah, well, you'd have to be here to understand.

Tell to me if you please, Monsieur Lee,

does your house have the central heating?

What? Yes, of course.

Very well.

Poirot will be there tomorrow.

Give to me, if you please, your address.

Help the needy at Christmas.

Thank you so much, sir.

Thank you.

Madam?

Help the needy at Christmas?

Oh.

Are you ready to order, sir?

Yes. Thank you very much.

But please to tell me,

what is this brown Windsor soup?

Well, sir, it's soup...

from Windsor.

I see.

Then I will have this brown Windsor soup,

followed by the...

and a side order of lamb, separate...

Okay if I share your table?

Of course.

Well, I'll be glad to get out of London,

I don't mind telling you.

Oh, it's a terrible place.

But you are English, no?

Been abroad for years.

What about you?

I am Spanish.

Did you see any of this, uh,

civil war business over in Spain?

I saw a bomb drop.

And it blew up a car.

That didn't upset you?

One is alive for a time in this world, yes,

and then one is dead.

And one's friends are sad, and one's enemies rejoice.

Don't you believe in forgiving your enemies,

señorita?

No. I do not.

If I had an enemy, I would cut his throat,

like this.

I wouldn't like to be your enemy, señorita.

But it does not look very... délicieux.

Well, sir, it is brown Windsor soup.

What, um, brings you to England?

I am going to stay with my English relations.

They are very rich, I think.

They live in a big house called Gorston Hall.

Good God.

What is it?

You must be Jennifer's girl.

My mother's name was Jennifer.

I'm Harry Lee.

Jennifer was my sister.

Do the family know you're coming?

Oh, yes.

That's more than they do with me.

He's playing God as he always does.

It's the role he enjoys most.

Well, I think it's extremely boring.

Well, boring or not,

it's our duty to be here, Magdalene.

Moreover, it enables us to save considerably.

But we shouldn't have to scrimp and save like this.

Well, can't you make your father give you some more money?

He upped my allowance last year.

And what happens when he dies?

The bulk of his money comes to Alfred and myself.

Isn't there another brother?

No. No, no.

Harry left years ago.

We don't talk about him, incidentally.

A very disreputable character.

Well, your father's not all that reputable, George.

What on earth do you mean by that?

When he gets me alone,

he makes me feel quite uncomfortable.

The things he says.

Yes, yes.

Well, one has to make allowances.

It isn't only the things he says.

At Father's age, with his health being so bad...

Must you always give in to him, Alfred?

He's a very old man, Lydia.

Then he'll get older and more tyrannical.

But why must we have George and Magdalene for Christmas?

Father hasn't seen George for a long time.

He's very good to us, you know, Lydia.

Oh, Alfred!

Magdalene's going to be frightfully bored, anyway.

Well, why George has to go and marry a girl