Agatha Christie's Poirot1989

Miss Lemon:
The trouble is, Mr Poirot, they just don't understand the letters.

Hercule Poirot:
Why not?

Miss Lemon:
They're Chinese, Mr. Poirot.

Hercule Poirot:
The Bulldog Breed laundry is Chinese?

Miss Lemon:
Yes, Mr Poirot.

Hercule Poirot:
What is the world coming to Miss Lemon?

Miss Lemon:
I'm sure I couldn't say, Sir, but when the boy brings your laundry back, he brings the letters back too for me to explain to him.

Hercule Poirot:
And you do.

Miss Lemon:
No?

Hercule Poirot:
Why not?

Miss Lemon:
I don't speak Chinese.

Hercule Poirot:
So what do you say to him?

Miss Lemon:
Well, I... I say "Him collar no vely good starchy." I show him the collars and say it.

Hercule Poirot:
Hastings my friend, you spent some years in China, did you not?

Captain Hastings:
Oh absolutely. Fine fellows, fine fellows.

Hercule Poirot:
Did you ever have any trouble with your laundry.

Captain Hastings:
Yes I did as a matter of fact.

Hercule Poirot:
And what did you say to them?

Captain Hastings:
Well, I said "Him collar no vely good starchy."

Miss Lemon:
That's where I got it from, Sir. I asked the Captain, knowing he'd been in the East.

Hercule Poirot:
But Hastings, my collars they do not get any better.

Captain Hastings:
No. Mine didn't either, now I come to think about it.