You have a pretty good nerve," said Ratchet. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchet." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchet," he said.
— Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express
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