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Oh! Do not excite yourself. Shall I say that he interested me because he was trying to grow a mustache and as yet the result is poor." Poirot stroked his own magnificent mustache tenderly. "It is an art," he murmured, "the growing of the mustache! I have sympathy for all who attempt it.

Oh! Do not excite yourself. Shall I say that he interested me because he was trying to grow a mustache and as yet the result is poor." Poirot stroked his own magnificent mustache tenderly. "It is an art," he murmured, "the growing of the mustache! I have sympathy for all who attempt it.

Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Agatha Christie
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1890 to 1976; Wikidata Q35064, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35064 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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