Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case

Hercule Poirot: I pity you, Norton… how very sad to find that this great and beautiful world is so foul and disappointing. And your mother, I pity even more.

‍Stephen Norton: M-my m-m-mother? You pity my mother?

Hercule Poirot: To endure the agony of bringing you forth only to discover that she had nurtured in her loins such wickedness – is that not worthy of pity?

Stephen Norton: It is you who is n-not worthy! She m-m-meant the world to m-me!

Hercule Poirot: And you to her?

Stephen Norton: She l-loved me… l-loved me m-m-more than… m-more than…

Hercule Poirot: Did she ever hold you, Norton, as mothers do? Stroke your hair… kiss your cheek?

Stephen Norton: She… she… she…

Hercule Poirot: Scared you, did she not? She pushed you away!

— Christie (1975) ITV adaption (2013)