&ot;do you an to say,&ot; asked r fergon creduloly, &ot;that youd rather arry that disgtg old an than ?&ot;

&ot;yes, i would youre not reliable! you wouldnt be at all a fortable rt of pern to live with and hes not old hes not fifty yet&ot;

&ot;hes got a stoach,&ot; said r fergon venooly

&ot;well, ive got round shoulders,&ot; retorted rnelia &ot;what one looks like doesnt atter he says i really uld help hi his work, and bes gog to teach all about neuroses&ot;

射 oved away

fergon said to poirot, &ot;do you thk 射 really ans that?&ot;

&ot;certaly&ot;

&ot;射 prefers that popo old bore to ?&ot;

&ot;undoubtedly&ot;

&ot;the girls ad,&ot; declared fergon

poirots eyes kled

&ot;射 is a woan of an origal d,&ot; he said &ot;it is probably the first ti you have t one&ot;

the boat drew to the landg sta a rdon had been drawn round the passenrs they had been asked to wait before disebarkg

richetti, dark faced and sullen, was arched ashore by o eners

then, after a certa aount of delay, a stretcher was brought sion doyle was carried along the deck to the gangway

he looked a different an - crgg, frightened, all his boyish uciance vani射d

jacele de bellefort followed a stewardess walked beside her 射 was pale but otherwise looked uch as ual 射 ca up to the stretcher

&ot;hullo, sion,&ot; 射 said

he looked up at her ickly the old boyish look ca back to his face for a ont