they went up to the pronade deck and started on the starboard side the first cab was that oupied by jas fanthorp here all was ticulo order r fanthorp travelled light, but all that he had was of good ality

&ot;no letters,&ot; said poirot thoughtfully &ot;he is careful, our r fanthorp, to destroy his rrespondence&ot;

they passed on to ti allertons cab, next door

there were evidences here of an anglo catholic turn of d - an exisite little triptych, and a big rosary of tricately carved wood besides pernal clothg, there was a half pleted ancript, a good deal annotated and scribbled over, and a good llection of books, ost of the recently publi射d there were al a antity of letters thrown carelessly to a drawer poirot, never the least scrupulo about readg other peoples rrespondence, glanced through the he noted that aongst the there were no letters fro joanna uthwood he picked up a tube of seote, fred it absently for a ute or o, then said, &ot;let pass on&ot;

&ot;no woolworth handkerchiefs,&ot; reported race, rapidly replacg the ntents of a drawer

rs allertons cab was the next it was exisitely neat, and a fat old-fashioned sll of lavender hung about it

the o ns search was on over race rearked as they left it, &ot;nice woan, that&ot;

the next cab was that which had been ed as a dressg-roo by sion doyle his idiate necessities - pyjaas, toilet thgs, etc, had been oved to bessners cab, but the reader of his possessions were still the