• Seleni@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    ‘Tell him we will pray for him.’

    ‘He needs your prayers.’

    ‘Is he, then, an unhappy man?’

    Poirot said, ‘So unhappy that he has forgotten what happiness means. So unhappy that he does not know he is unhappy.’

    The nun said softly, ‘Ah, a rich man…’

    Poirot said nothing—for he knew there was nothing to say…