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Rosalie Otterbourne
Mrs. Allerton is the mother of Tim Allerton, and she doesn’t approve of his correspondence with his cousin Joanna Southwood. She is very interested in the detective work of Hercule Poirot, inviting him to dine with her and Tim on the Karnak (to Tim’s dismay), and she is also an admirer of Sir George Wode, who used to own Linnet’s property. Rosalie Otterbourne develops a liking for Mrs. Allerton (though she sometimes acts sulky toward her), and after the death of her mother, Mrs. Otterbourne, Mrs. Allerton gives Rosalie comfort. Mrs. Allerton notices Tim and Rosalie falling in love—perhaps before Tim himself does—and she comments favorably on them to Poirot at the end of the story. Ultimately, Mrs. Allerton does not play a central role in any of the main mysteries and her main purpose is to be an observer and to (accidentally) cause trouble for her son by drawing Hercule Poirot’s attention to his jewelry thievery.
Mrs. Allerton Quotes in Death on the Nile
The Death on the Nile quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Allerton or refer to Mrs. Allerton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Thirty
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“Yes,” she said “it’s rather horrible isn’t it? I can’t believe that I—did that! I know now what you meant by opening your heart to evil . . . You know pretty well how it happened. Louise made it clear to Simon that she knew. Simon got you to bring me to him. As soon as we were alone together he told me what had happened. He told me what I’d got to do. I wasn’t even horrified. I was so afraid—so deadly afraid . . . That’s what murder does to you. Simon and I were safe—quite safe—except for this miserable blackmailing French girl. I took her all the money we could get hold of. I pretended to grovel. And then, when she was counting the money, I—did it! It was quite easy. That’s what’s so horribly, horribly frightening about it . . . It’s so terribly easy. . . .”
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Chapter Thirty-One
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Mrs. Allerton shivered. “Love can be a very frightening thing.”
“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.”
Mrs. Allerton’s eyes rested upon Tim and Rosalie, standing side by side in the sunlight, and she said suddenly and passionately: “But thank God, there is happiness in the world.”
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Mrs. Allerton Quotes in Death on the Nile
The Death on the Nile quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Allerton or refer to Mrs. Allerton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Thirty
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“Yes,” she said “it’s rather horrible isn’t it? I can’t believe that I—did that! I know now what you meant by opening your heart to evil . . . You know pretty well how it happened. Louise made it clear to Simon that she knew. Simon got you to bring me to him. As soon as we were alone together he told me what had happened. He told me what I’d got to do. I wasn’t even horrified. I was so afraid—so deadly afraid . . . That’s what murder does to you. Simon and I were safe—quite safe—except for this miserable blackmailing French girl. I took her all the money we could get hold of. I pretended to grovel. And then, when she was counting the money, I—did it! It was quite easy. That’s what’s so horribly, horribly frightening about it . . . It’s so terribly easy. . . .”
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Chapter Thirty-One
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Mrs. Allerton shivered. “Love can be a very frightening thing.”
“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.”
Mrs. Allerton’s eyes rested upon Tim and Rosalie, standing side by side in the sunlight, and she said suddenly and passionately: “But thank God, there is happiness in the world.”
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