oh, yes orphia excites people i shall stay all night&ot;

fanthorp went on to the loun three utes later there was a tap on bessners cab door

&ot;dr bessner?&ot;

&ot;yes?&ot; the stout an appeared fanthorp beckoned hi out on the deck

&ot;look here - i cant fd that pistol&ot;

&ot;what is that?&ot;

&ot;the pistol it dropped out of the girls hand 射 kicked it away and it went under a settee it isnt under that settee now&ot;

they stared at each other

&ot;but who can have taken it?&ot;

fanthorp shrugd his shoulders

bessner said: &ot;it is curio, that but i do not see what we can do about it&ot;

puzzled and vaguely alard, the o n separated

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hercule poirot was jt wipg the lather fro his freshly shaved face when there was a ick tap on the door, and hard on of it lonel race entered uncereonioly he closed the door behd hi

he said: &ot;your stct was ite rrect its happened&ot;

poirot straightened up and asked sharply: &ot;what has happened?&ot;

&ot;l doyles dead - shot through the head last night&ot;

poirot was silent for a ute, o ories vividly before hi - a girl a garden at assuan sayg a hard breathless voice, &ot;id like to put y dear little pistol agast her head and jt press the trigr,&ot; and another ore recent ory, the sa voice sayg, &ot;one feels one cant go on - the kd of day when thg breaks&ot; - and that stran ontary flash of appeal her eyes what had