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Hercule Poirot (“Mr. Porrot”)
Roger Ackroyd is, to state the obvious, the murder victim in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and his death prompts Hercule Poirot to investigate the case—eventually leading to Poirot’s discovery that Dr. James Sheppard is the killer. Ackroyd is described as being a successful, middle-aged businessman; he’s well-liked in his community, though he has a stubborn streak. Ackroyd’s first wife dies of dipsomania (i.e., alcoholism), and he later begins a secret affair with Mrs. Ferrars, culminating in Ferrars’s decision to murder her husband. At this point, Dr. Sheppard begins to blackmail Mrs. Ferrars, prompting her to kill herself and send a letter to Roger Ackroyd containing Sheppard’s name. After learning about the letter, Sheppard kills Ackroyd.
Roger Ackroyd Quotes in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The The Murder of Roger Ackroyd quotes below are all either spoken by Roger Ackroyd or refer to Roger Ackroyd. 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 4
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"Make certain that window's closed, will you," he asked. Somewhat surprised, I got up and went to it. It was not a french window, but one of the ordinary sash type. The heavy blue velvet curtains were drawn in front of it, but the window itself was open at the top.
Parker reentered the room with my bag while I was still at the window.
"That's all right," I said, emerging again into the room.
"You've put the latch across?"
"Yes, yes … What's the matter with you, Ackroyd?"
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Chapter 25
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“A person who was at the Three Boars earlier that day, a person who knew Ackroyd well enough to know that he had purchased a dictaphone, a person who was of a mechanical turn of mind, who had the opportunity to take the dagger from the silver table before Miss Flora arrived, who had with him a receptacle suitable for hiding the dictaphone—such as a black bag—and who had the study to himself for a few minutes after the crime was discovered while Parker was telephoning for the police. In fact—Dr. Sheppard!”
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Roger Ackroyd Quotes in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The The Murder of Roger Ackroyd quotes below are all either spoken by Roger Ackroyd or refer to Roger Ackroyd. 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 4
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"Make certain that window's closed, will you," he asked. Somewhat surprised, I got up and went to it. It was not a french window, but one of the ordinary sash type. The heavy blue velvet curtains were drawn in front of it, but the window itself was open at the top.
Parker reentered the room with my bag while I was still at the window.
"That's all right," I said, emerging again into the room.
"You've put the latch across?"
"Yes, yes … What's the matter with you, Ackroyd?"
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Chapter 25
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“A person who was at the Three Boars earlier that day, a person who knew Ackroyd well enough to know that he had purchased a dictaphone, a person who was of a mechanical turn of mind, who had the opportunity to take the dagger from the silver table before Miss Flora arrived, who had with him a receptacle suitable for hiding the dictaphone—such as a black bag—and who had the study to himself for a few minutes after the crime was discovered while Parker was telephoning for the police. In fact—Dr. Sheppard!”
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