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Poirot hears Mary Debenham warning Colonel Arbuthnot not to speak about something.
Part 1, Chapter 1A fearful Samuel Ratchett asks Poirot to work for him, but Poirot declines.
Part 1, Chapter 3Poirot interviews the conductors and passengers in the front coach.
Part 2, Chapter 1Poirot ruminates over the collected evidence and conducts experiments to test his theory.
Part 3, Chapter 4Poirot presents two solutions to the assembled passengers and conductors.
Part 3, Chapter 9Poirot concludes his investigation, and the murderers go free.
Part 3, Chapter 9| Chapter | Summary |
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| Part 1, Chapter 1 | Two strangers are talking on a train platform in Aleppo, Syria. One is Lieutenant Dubosc, a young French lieutenant whos... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 2 | Hercule Poirot books a room at the Tokatlian Hotel and finds letters and telegrams waiting for him. One informs him he n... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 3 | As Hercule Poirot nears the end of a lunch with M. Bouc in the restaurant car, Bouc waxes philosophical about the romanc... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 4 | On the second day of the three-day trip, the train stops at Belgrade at 8:45 p.m. for half an hour. Hercule Poirot goes ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 5 | After being awakened by noises in the night, Hercule Poirot cannot fall back asleep. He hears someone moving about in th... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 6 | Hercule Poirot asks to speak to Hector MacQueen. While waiting for his arrival, Pierre Michel brings the passengers' tic... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 7 | Hercule Poirot and Dr. Constantine go to Samuel Ratchett's compartment to view the body and examine the crime scene. Con... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 8 | Dr. Constantine and Hercule Poirot join M. Bouc for lunch in his compartment while waiting for the passengers to finish ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 1 | Before meeting with the conductor Pierre Michel, Hercule Poirot asks M. Bouc about his employee. Bouc vouches for Michel... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 2 | Hercule Poirot reinterviews Hector MacQueen. With little preamble, Poirot tells him Samuel Ratchett's true identity. Mac... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 3 | Hercule Poirot interviews Edward Masterman, Samuel Ratchett's English valet, who has worked for Ratchett for about nine ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 4 | Mrs. Hubbard arrives in the dining car where Hercule Poirot is conducting interviews. She says a man entered her compart... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 5 | Hercule Poirot interviews Greta Ohlsson, the Swedish lady. He starts out by asking for her personal data. She gives him ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 6 | Hercule Poirot tells Pierre Michel, the wagon-lit conductor, he has lost a button from his tunic, but Michel denies the ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 7 | Hercule Poirot next calls for Count and Countess Andrenyi to come to the dining car, but only the count appears. He is a... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 8 | The next person Hercule Poirot interviews is Colonel Arbuthnot, who provides brief answers and is not very forthcoming. ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 9 | Cyrus Hardman meets with Hercule Poirot, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine in the dining room for his interview. A "big, flam... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 10 | Antonio Foscarelli, an Italian-born, naturalized American salesman of Ford cars, arrives next in the dining car for his ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 11 | When Hercule Poirot interviews Mary Debenham, he begins with a few routine questions and asks her to write her address. ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 12 | Hercule Poirot, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine discuss Mary Debenham's interview. Poirot explains he was trying to get und... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 13 | Now that everyone who might provide evidence has been interviewed, Hercule Poirot, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine review w... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 14 | Dr. Constantine leaves Mrs. Hubbard in the care of a restaurant attendant and follows Hercule Poirot and M. Bouc to her ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 15 | Hercule Poirot, Dr. Constantine, and M. Bouc go to each compartment to search the passengers' luggage. They begin with C... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 1 | M. Bouc, Dr. Constantine, and Hercule Poirot reconvene in the dining car. After Bouc and Constantine tell Poirot they th... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 2 | Hercule Poirot presents a list of 10 things needing explanation. These items include identifying the owners of the pipe ... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 3 | Hercule Poirot, Dr. Constantine, and M. Bouc silently mull over the evidence. At last Poirot sits upright, puffs out his... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 4 | Hercule Poirot conducts an experiment in the dining car. He arranges with the chief attendant for Count Andrenyi and Cou... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 5 | After Count Andrenyi and Countess Andrenyi leave, M. Bouc praises Hercule Poirot's "excellent work" and, convinced of th... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 6 | A peeved Colonel Arbuthnot joins Hercule Poirot, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine in the dining car for a second interview. ... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 7 | When Mary Debenham arrives in the dining car, she makes eye contact with Colonel Arbuthnot before speaking to Hercule Po... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 8 | Several individuals appear in the dining car and reveal their true relationship to the Daisy Armstrong family. Antonio F... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 9 | The passengers assemble in the restaurant car. Pierre Michel asks if he can join them, and Poirot welcomes him to stay. ... Read More |
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