‘Tell him we will pray for him.’
‘He needs your prayers.’
‘Is he, then, an unhappy man?’
Poirot said, ‘So unhappy that he has forgotten what happiness means. So unhappy that he does not know he is unhappy.’
The nun said softly, ‘Ah, a rich man…’
Poirot said nothing—for he knew there was nothing to say…
Some people are so poor, all they have is money.
‘Tell him we will pray for him.’ ‘He needs your prayers.’ ‘Is he, then, an unhappy man?’ Poirot said, ‘So unhappy that he has forgotten what happiness means. So unhappy that he does not know he is unhappy.’ The nun said softly, ‘Ah, a rich man…’ Poirot said nothing—for he knew there was nothing to say…
Protip: if you do two spaces at the end of a line, the formatting works.
Like this.
Thank you to the person who posted this tip before me.
The end.
In this case it was a stylistic choice.
I felt it would look too spaced out otherwise.
He’s the real life Scrooge Mcduck, who has piles of money and that’s really all he has.