I tell you, if the government of Great Britain ever wanted to shut down the backstreet opium dens of London, all they would have needed to do would be to make Poirot give a public interview to the papers about his experiences there. That'd be sure to suck all the interest out of it. "Poirot goes to an opium den" should not be dull, but it is. And the speech patterns of the Chinese characters are just painful to read; at least it's over quickly.

I have a strong feeling that I'll have completely forgotten this story by tomorrow morning. Fair enough too. It's not interesting enough to remember.