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Agatha Cristie Code

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Hitomi 11 Mar 10 at 8:19 a.m. GMT

I'm translating BBC documentary "Agatha Cristie Code" into Japanese atthe moment. On the show, Dr. Dahl talked about Agatha's mind before and after missing.

And then there's a marvellous passage where it sounds like she's summing up what the doctors have said to her about perhaps her illusionary condition or something.  'The doctor immediately snorted with contempt.  Brain fever!   Brain fever!  No such thing as brain fever.  An invention of novelists’.  

Does this quote from 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ or 'The Mystery of the Blue Train'? I couldn't find it... Anybody get to know??

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mat 13 Mar 10 at 9:49 a.m. GMT

Than's alright, happy to help I don't really know why I remembered that to be honest, I've got lots of Agatha Christie nuggest tucked away in my brain I suppose!

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Hitomi 13 Mar 10 at 2:33 a.m. GMT

Dear mat,

you have really good memory! I could find that phrases from "The Big Four"!! I wanted to say thank you again

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Hitomi 11 Mar 10 at 2:21 p.m. GMT

Wow!! You are really great!! I'll check it out. Thanks for your help

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mat 11 Mar 10 at 11:28 a.m. GMT

I believe the 'brain fever' comments come from the opening of 'The Big Four' after a man stumbles in to Poirot's apartment and dies. Hastings suggests he may be suffering from 'brain fever' and the doctor laughs at the notion.

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