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I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around - seeking always something that is not very nice.

Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
Autobiographer
Dramaturge
Novelist
Nurse
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Mary Westmacott
Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan
Around
Inquire
Everything
Scent
Something
Follows
Good
Noses
Always
Seeking
Like
Dog
Hercule
Follow
Regrettably
Nice
Poirot

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