Poirot's Method
"Come now, monsieur," said Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard, "you're not going to run down the value of details as clues."
"By no means. But it is the brain, the little gray cells"--Poirot tapped his forehead--"on which one must rely. One must seek the truth from within--not without."
"You don't mean to say, Monsieur Poirot, that you would attempt to solve a case without moving your chair, do you?"
"That is exactly what I do mean."
Japp slapped his knee. "Hanged if I don't take you at your word. Bet you a fiver you can't..."
A foolish wager, Inspector Japp, when dealing with the amazing Hercule Poirot!