poirot said: &ot; a sense, perhaps what i really reire is for you to listen&ot;

tis eyebrows rose polite surprise

&ot;certaly i the worlds best listener can be relied on to say oo-er! at the right onts&ot;

&ot;that is very satisfactory oo-er! will be very expressive eh bien, let nce when i t you and your other at assuan, onsieur allerton, i was attracted to your pany very strongly to beg with, i thought your other was one of the ost 插rg people i had ever t -&ot;

the weary face flickered for a ont; a shade of expression ca to it

&ot;射 is - unie,&ot; he said

&ot;but the send thg that terested was your ntion of a certa lady&ot;

&ot;really?&ot;

&ot;yes, a adeoiselle joanna uthwood you see, i had recently been hearg that na&ot;

he paed and went on: &ot;for the last three years there have been certa jewel robberies that have been worryg stland yard a good deal they are what ay be described as ciety robberies the thod is ually the sa - the substitution of an iitation piece of jewellery for an origal y friend, chief spector japp, ca to the ncsion that the robberies were not the work of one pern, but of o people workg with each other very cleverly he was nvced, fro the nsiderable side knowled displayed, that the robberies were the work of people a good cial position and fally his attention beca riveted on adeoiselle joanna uthwood &ot;every one of the victis had been either a friend or acatance of hers, and each