Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Hercule Poirot Short Story

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Agatha Christie. Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Hercule Poirot Short Story

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Four-And-Twenty Blackbirds

A Short Story

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‘I apologize,’ said Poirot. ‘I talk what you call “the shop”. Tell me, my friend, of your own affairs. How does the world go with you?’

‘Mess!’ said Mr Bonnington. ‘That’s what’s the matter with the world nowadays. Too much mess. And too much fine language. The fine language helps to conceal the mess. Like a highly-flavoured sauce concealing the fact that the fish underneath it is none of the best! Give me an honest fillet of sole and no messy sauce over it.’

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