Why is always the ones who never shut up who decide to go silent? You couldn totally get away with John not speaking, maybe he's just listening thoughtfully, but Poirot should be so indignant right now and he's just giving me nothing. I'm hoping he'll pick up once I switch to Hastings' point of view. But then, of course, I have to find Hastings' narration voice and I have nothing from Dame Agatha on hand to remind me of how he tells a story.