the others were nowhere sight

poirot shook his head as he followed sion slowly onto the boat

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&ot;will you expn to , ada, the ang of the word fey?&ot;

rs allerton looked slightly surprised 射 and poirot were toilg slowly up to the rock overlookg the send cataract ost of the others had gone up on cals, but poirot had felt that the otion of the cal was slightly reiscent of that of a ship rs allerton had put it on the grounds of pernal dignity

they had arrived at wвdi halfa the night before this orng o launches had nveyed all the party to the send cataract, with the exception of signor richetti, who had sisted on akg an excursion of his own to a reote spot called sena, which, he expned, was of paraount terest as beg the gateway of nubia the ti of anehet iii, and where there was a stele rerdg the fact that on enterg egypt negroes t pay cto duties everythg had been done to disura this exaple of dividuality, but with no avail signor richetti was detered and had waved aside each objection: (1) that the expedition was not worth akg, (2) that the expedition uld not be ade, og to the ipossibility of ttg a car there, (3) that no car uld be obtaed to do the trip, (4) that a car would be a prohibitive price havg sffed at 1, expressed credulity at 2, offered to fd a car hiself to 3, and bargaed fently arabic for 4, signor richetti had at last departed - his departure beg arrand a secret and furtive anner, case of the other tourists should