"I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more."

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"I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more."

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"She breathed an enormous sigh, looked at Poirot, Looked away, and suddenly blurted out, "You're too old. Nobody told me you were so old. I really don't want to be rude but - there it is. You're too old. I'm really sorry." She turned abruptly and blundered out of the room, rather like a desperate moth in lamplight. Poirot, his mouth open, heard the bang of the front door. He ejaculated: "Non d'un nom d'un nom..."

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