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Mr. Ratchett / Cassetti
Hector is an American man around the age of thirty who took a job as an assistant to Mr. Ratchett, primarily helping him navigate the various languages of Europe in his travels. This detail becomes important when someone replies in idiomatic French from Ratchett’s compartment on the morning of the murder, claiming that everything is fine. Hector’s father was the district attorney who unsuccessfully prosecuted Ratchett for the murder of Daisy Armstrong.
Hector MacQueen Quotes in Murder on the Orient Express
The Murder on the Orient Express quotes below are all either spoken by Hector MacQueen or refer to Hector MacQueen. 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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Part 3 Chapter 9
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I remembered that MacQueen had called attention, not once but twice (and the second time in a very blatant manner), to the fact that Ratchett could speak no French. I came to the conclusion that the whole business at twenty-three minutes to one was a comedy played for my benefit! Anyone might see through the watch business—it is a common enough device in detective stories.
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Hector MacQueen Quotes in Murder on the Orient Express
The Murder on the Orient Express quotes below are all either spoken by Hector MacQueen or refer to Hector MacQueen. 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:
).
Part 3 Chapter 9
Quotes
I remembered that MacQueen had called attention, not once but twice (and the second time in a very blatant manner), to the fact that Ratchett could speak no French. I came to the conclusion that the whole business at twenty-three minutes to one was a comedy played for my benefit! Anyone might see through the watch business—it is a common enough device in detective stories.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
