Poirot nodded, as if satisfied.
“I will ask you nothing. It is enough for me that it is as I thought. And I—I, too, have an instinct. We are working together towards a common end.”
“Don’t ask me to help you, because I won’t. I wouldn’t lift a finger to—to–-” She faltered.
“You will help me in spite of yourself. I ask you nothing—but you will be my ally. You will not be able to help yourself. You will do the only thing that I want of you.”
Poirot nodded, as if satisfied.
“I will ask you nothing. It is enough for me that it is as I thought. And I—I, too, have an instinct. We are working together towards a common end.”
“Don’t ask me to help you, because I won’t. I wouldn’t lift a finger to—to–-” She faltered.
“You will help me in spite of yourself. I ask you nothing—but you will be my ally. You will not be able to help yourself. You will do the only thing that I want of you.”
