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Quotation from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

“This affair must all be unravelled from within.” He tapped his forehead. “These little grey cells.”

Agatha Christie (spoken by Hercule Poirot)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #863)

Portrait of Agatha Christie

The first appearance of Poirot's famous phrase, after a letter he had hoped for proves useless.

Citation: "This affair must all be unravelled from within.” He tapped his forehead. “These little grey cells." — Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #863). (id the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-q6)

Portrait: Agatha Christie in Nederland (detectiveschrijfster), bij aankomst op Schiphol me, Bestanddeelnr 916-8898 (cropped), Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0.

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