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diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 0265383570..094ea54eba 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,29 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.27.9 - Agatha Christie, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" + +L<Announced on 2018-02-20 by Renee Bäcker|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2018/02/msg249549.html> + + Poirot was an extraordinary looking little man. He was hardly more + than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity. + His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it + a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. + The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a + speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. + Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now + limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members + of the Belgian police. As a detective, his flair had been extraordinary, + and he had achieved triumphs by unravelling some of the most baffling + cases of the day. + He pointed out to me the little house inhabited by him and his fellow + Belgians, and I promised to go and see him at an early date. Then he + raised his hat with a flourish to Cynthia, and we drove away. + "He's a dear little man," said Cynthia. "I'd no idea you knew him." + "You've been entertaining a celebrity unawares," I replied. + And, for the rest of the way home, I recited to them the various + exploits and triumphs of Hercule Poirot. + =head2 v5.27.8 - Jasper Fforde, "Shades of Grey" L<Announced on 2018-01-20 by Abigail|http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/248914> |