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Dr. Bauerstein is an expert on poisons living temporarily in Styles. After learning from the others at Styles Court that Bauerstein is visiting from London, Hastings doesn’t question why, exactly, a renowned specialist would spend time in a quiet country town. Instead, Hastings focuses on how jealous he is of Bauerstein, who spends a lot of time with Mary Cavendish. However, Poirot later reveals that Dr. Bauerstein doesn’t actually have feelings for Mary. Indeed, the only reason he spends so much time with her is because he’s a foreign spy who needs a good reason for sneaking around at strange hours. If everyone thinks he’s having an affair, then, they won’t question his behavior any further. Bauerstein’s plan works rather well for a while, but he’s eventually arrested for espionage.
Dr. Bauerstein Quotes in The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The The Mysterious Affair at Styles quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Bauerstein or refer to Dr. Bauerstein . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3: The Night of the Tragedy
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We went slowly down the stairs. I was violently excited. I have a certain talent for deduction, and Dr. Bauerstein’s manner had started a flock of wild surmises in my mind.
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Chapter 10: The Arrest
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“Because she cares for someone else, mon ami.”
“Oh!” What did he mean? In spite of myself, an agreeable warmth spread over me. I am not a vain man where women are concerned, but I remembered certain evidences, too lightly thought of at the time, perhaps, but which certainly seemed to indicate—
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Dr. Bauerstein Quotes in The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Chapter 3: The Night of the Tragedy
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We went slowly down the stairs. I was violently excited. I have a certain talent for deduction, and Dr. Bauerstein’s manner had started a flock of wild surmises in my mind.
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Chapter 10: The Arrest
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“Because she cares for someone else, mon ami.”
“Oh!” What did he mean? In spite of myself, an agreeable warmth spread over me. I am not a vain man where women are concerned, but I remembered certain evidences, too lightly thought of at the time, perhaps, but which certainly seemed to indicate—
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