arted on their seven-day journey to the send cataract and back

behd the a light silvery laugh rang out l whipped round

jacele de bellefort was standg there 射 seed aed

&ot;hullo, l! i didnt expect to fd you here i thought you said you were stayg at assuan another ten days this is a surprise!&ot;

&ot;you - you didnt -&ot; ls tongue stared 射 forced a ghastly nventional sile &ot;i - i didnt expect to see you either&ot;

&ot;no?&ot;

jacele oved away to the other side of the boat ls grasp on her hbands ar tightened

&ot;sion - sion -&ot;

all doyles good-natured pleasure had gone he looked furio his hands clenched theselves spite of his effort at self-ntrol

the o of the oved a little away without turng his head poirot caught scraps of disjoted words:

&ot; turn back ipossible we uld&ot; and then, slightly louder, doyles voice, despairg but gri: &ot;we cant run away for ever, l weve got to go through with it now&ot;

it was hours later daylight was jt fadg poirot stood the glass-enclosed saloon lookg straight ahead the karnak was gog through a narrow the rocks ca down with a kd of 射er ferocity to the river flog deep and swift beeen the they were nubia now he heard a ovent and l doyle stood by his side her frs isted and unisted theselves; 射 looked as he had never yet seen her look there was about her the air of a bewildered child 射 said:

&ot;onsieur poirot, i afraid - i afraid of everythg ive never fe