re - o good-sized leather suitcases and a kit bag there were al clothes the wardrobe

&ot;we will look carefully here, y friend,&ot; said poirot, &ot;for it is very possible that the thief hid the pearls here&ot;

&ot;you thk it is likely?&ot;

&ot;but yes, deed nsider! the thief, whoever he or 射 ay be, t know that oner or later a search will be ade, and therefore a hidg place his or her own cab would be judicio the extre the public roos present other difficulties but here is a cab belongg to a an who cannot possibly visit it hiself, that, if the pearls are found here, it tells nothg at all&ot;

but the ost ticulo search failed to reveal any trace of the issg necklace

poirot urured &ot;zut!&ot; to hiself and they erd once ore on the deck

l doyles cab had been locked after the body was reoved, but race had the key with hi he unlocked the door and the o n stepped side

except for the reoval of the girls body, the cab was exactly as it had been that orng

&ot;poirot,&ot; said race, &ot;if theres anythg to be found here, for gods sake go ahead and fd it you can if anyone can - i know that&ot;

&ot;this ti you do not an the pearls, on ai?&ot;

&ot;no the urders the a thg there ay be thg i overlooked this orng -&ot;

ietly, deftly, poirot went about his search he went down on his knees and scrutized the floor ch by ch he exaed the bed he went rapidly through the wardrobe and chest of drawers he went through t