ot;fearless, unnventional, realistic,&ot; were the adjectives ed

poirot bowed and urured, &ot;i a honoured, ada&ot;

as he raised his head, his eyes t those of the authoresss daughter alost vontarily he ade a little ovent he was astoni射d and grieved at the eloent pa they revealed

it was at that ont that the drks arrived and created a wele diversion poirot lifted his glass gallantly

&ot;a votre santé, ada - adeoiselle&ot;

rs otterbourne, sippg her leonade, urured, &ot; refreshg - delicio!&ot;

silence fell on the three of the they looked down to the shg black rocks the nile there was thg fantastic about the the oonlight they were like vast prehistoric onsters lyg half out of the water a little breeze ca up suddenly and as suddenly died away there was a feelg the air of hh - of expectancy

hercule poirot brought his gaze back to the terrace and its oupants was he wrong, or was there the sa hh of expectancy there? it was like a ont on the sta when one is waitg for the entrance of the leadg lady and jt at that ont the sg doors began to revolve once ore this ti it seed as though they did with a special air of iportance everyone had sped talkg and was lookg toward the

a dark slender girl a e loured eveng frock ca through 射 paed for a ute, then walked deliberately across the terrace and sat down at an epty table there was nothg flauntg, nothg out of the way about her deanour, and yet it had how the studied effect of a