HIPPOT FAQS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=185 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="45cb9642egerdp.png"> <div>    <IMG SRC="40c82820.png" border=0 width="130" height="130" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOME"><U><IMG SRC="41b2c1a0.png" border=0 width="44" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT HIPPOT"><U><B><IMG SRC="4236c1a0.png" border=0 width="108" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE COMPLEAT HIPPOT"><U><IMG SRC="41daa1a0.png" border=0 width="170" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FREE DOWNLOADS"><U><IMG SRC="4af5e1b0.png" border=0 width="94" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT THE AUTHOR"><U><IMG SRC="41e9e1b0.png" border=0 width="158" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U><IMG SRC="421591b0.png" border=0 width="89" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="COPYRIGHTS"><U><IMG SRC="422a41a0.png" border=0 width="164" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Copyright 2014</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#FF0033" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="43710411ddthkh.png"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="453a5230.png" border=0 width="165" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=415 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="161f0280.png" border=0 width="240" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Where is Hippot from? / Is Hippot French?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot was born in the small European country of Luxembourg in about 1885. The exact date is unknown. Before coming to London he was the head of the Luxembourg police force.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How many languages does Hippot speak?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot spoke a number of languages, including English, French, Spanish, Esparanto, several dialects of Fish, and, of course, Pig Latin </B><A HREF="id14_the_pet_shoppe_caper.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOOK 2"><U><B>(See </B></U></A><A HREF="id14_the_pet_shoppe_caper.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOOK 2"><U><B>"The Pet Shoppe Caper.")</B></U></A><B> There are some aspects of English slang which Hippot had difficulty grasping, however. One of his more amusing malaprops was the phrase "chasing the wild gooseberry" to indicate "a wild goosechase."  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why is Hippot so fat?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot was not fat. He was short for his weight.</B><B><IMG SRC="0b790af0.png" border=0 width="144" height="175" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why does Hippot eat so many sweets?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot said that his unusual diet was required to nourish his brain's "little grey cells". This allowed him to think in a very logical manner, a characteristic which made him quite adept at solving mysteries.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What is Hippot's favorite dessert?</B></div> <div> <B>According to a note scribbled in the margin of P.E. Marston's original manuscript of </B><I><B> High Seas Hippot, </B></I><B>Hippot's favorite dessert was the white chocolate raspberry parfait he was served at the New York (USA) restaurant "21" when he visited there in 1939. Unfortunately, this dessert is no longer on their menu.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Does Hippot play golf?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot considered any game in which a ball was hit by a stick as a rather foolish pastime. This included golf, cricket, croquet, and American baseball. The one time he did attempt to play golf, however, he was quite good at it. </B><A HREF="id17_hi_jinks_on_the_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOOK 5"><U><B>(</B></U></A><A HREF="id17_hi_jinks_on_the_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOOK 5"><U><I><B>See Hijinks on the Links</B></I></U></A><A HREF="id17_hi_jinks_on_the_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOOK 5"><U><B>.)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is Hercule Hippot related to Hercule Poirot?</B></div> <div> <B>Dame Agatha Christie's creation "Hercule Poirot" and the great detective Hercule Hippot shared many similarities.  For example, Hippot was born in Luxembourg while Poirot was from neighbouring Belgium, both had moustaches in which they took considerable pride, and both, of course, were detectives who relied on the power of their brain to solve mysteries.  They also had many differences; Christie's Poirot was thin while Hippot was of somewhat more ample proportions.  Dame Agatha published her first account of her fictional detective ("The Mysterious Affair at Styles") in 1920, by which time the real Hippot had been long recognized in both England and on the Continent.  It is entirely possible that Dame Agatha drew some inspiration for her character from the great Hippot, as she almost certainly did from other fictional detectives in stories created by </B><B>Marie Belloc Lowndes</B><B> ( "Hercule Popeau"), </B><B>Frank Howel Evans</B><B> ("Monsieur Poiret"), and </B><B>A. E. W. Mason (</B><B>"Inspector Hanaud").</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>W</B><B>here does Hippot liv</B><B>e?</B></div> <div> <B>Hippot lived at 16 Portman Square, in London, England, </B><B>just north of Oxford Street and about two blocks from the current location of Selfridge's Department Store.</B><B> His flat was on the fifth floor, with his offices just across the hall, overlooking the square. The building Hippot lived in no longer exists; it stood in the middle of the block on the north side of the square and has been replace by a more modern structure.</B></div> <div>  <A NAME="how_were_the_hippot_stories_discovered_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>How were the Hippot stories discovered?</B></div> <div> <B>After their initial publication by Bartleby & Co. of London, the Hippot manuscripts were lost for many years. In 2003, during renovation of the Science Building at the University of Great Tow, a workman discovered Marston's original hand-written manuscripts in an old cupboard.  The manuscripts were in poor condition, having gotten wet and been gnawed by rats. Thinking the writing might be important, the papers were offered to The National Trust but were declined. Ultimately they were given to a group of students at the University who began the slow and tedious process of organizing and restoring them. This process continues today.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>