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Caroline Sheppard
Ralph Paton is the young, handsome son of Ms. Paton, Roger Ackroyd’s first wife. He has a reputation for being dashing and charming, but also a little weak-willed. As the novel begins, Ralph is rumored to be engaged to Flora Ackroyd, whom he’s known for most of his life (but to whom he’s not biologically related in any way). After Roger’s murder, Ralph disappears, instantly making him a suspect in the case. Throughout the novel, most of the characters seem to believe that Ralph is the killer: he had a motive (he hated Roger, and always had to convince him to lend him more money). However, as Caroline Sheppard points out, Ralph can’t be the killer—it’s just too easy and too obvious.
Ralph Paton Quotes in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The The Murder of Roger Ackroyd quotes below are all either spoken by Ralph Paton or refer to Ralph Paton. 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 14
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"He wants to know whether Ralph Paton's boots were black or brown," said Caroline with tremendous solemnity.
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Chapter 22
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“It says that Ralph has been arrested. So everything is useless. I need not pretend any longer.”
“Newspaper paragraphs are not always true, mademoiselle,” murmured Poirot, having the grace to look ashamed of himself, “All the same, I think you will do well to make a clean breast of things. The truth is what we need now.”
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Ralph Paton Quotes in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The The Murder of Roger Ackroyd quotes below are all either spoken by Ralph Paton or refer to Ralph Paton. 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 14
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"He wants to know whether Ralph Paton's boots were black or brown," said Caroline with tremendous solemnity.
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Chapter 22
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“It says that Ralph has been arrested. So everything is useless. I need not pretend any longer.”
“Newspaper paragraphs are not always true, mademoiselle,” murmured Poirot, having the grace to look ashamed of himself, “All the same, I think you will do well to make a clean breast of things. The truth is what we need now.”
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