; then his face grew red with dignation

&ot;what is that you say? do you thk i - i, carl bessner - who well-known is all over atria - i with y clics, y highly born patients - i have killed a iserable little fe de 插bre?! ah, but it is ridiculo - absurd, what you say! none of y knives are issg - not one, i tell you they are all here, rrect, their places you can see for yourself and this sult to y profession i will not fet&ot;

dr bessner closed his case with a snap, fng it down and staped out onto the deck

&ot;whew! &ot; said sion &ot;youve put the old boys back up&ot;

poirot shrugd his shoulders &ot;it is regrettable&ot;

&ot;youre on the wrong track old bessners one of the best, even though he is a kd of boche&ot;

dr bessner reappeared suddenly

&ot;will you be kd as to leave now y cab? i have to do the dressg of y patients leg&ot;

iss bowers had entered with hi and stood, brisk and professional, waitg for the others to go

race and poirot crept out ekly race uttered thg and went off poirot turned to his left he heard scraps of girlish nversation, a little laugh jacele and rosalie were tother the latters cab the door was open and the o girls were standg near it as his shadow fell on the they looked up he saw rosalie otterbourne sile at hi for the first ti - a shy welg sile - a little uncerta its les, as of one who does a new and unfailiar thg

&ot;you talk the scandal, sdeoiselles?&ot; he aed the

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