as oupied by an elderly lady with a very wrkled face, a stiff white stock, a good any diaonds and an expression of reptilian ntept for the ajority of ankd

射 treated poirot to an aristocratic glare and retired behd the pas of an arican agaze a big rather csy young woan of under thirty was sittg opposite her 射 had ear brown eyes, rather like a dogs, untidy hair, and a terrific air of willgness to please at tervals the old lady looked over the of her agaze and snapped an order at her &ot;rnelia, llect the rugs&ot; &ot;when we arrive look after y dressg-case on no aount let anyone else handle it&ot; &ot;dont fet y paper-cutter&ot; the tra run was brief ten utes ti they ca to rest on the jetty where the ss karnak was awaitg the the otterbournes were already on board the karnak was a saller stear than the papyr and the lot, the first cataract stears, which are too lar to pass through the locks of the assuan da the passenrs went on board and were shown their aoodation sce the boat was not full, ost of the passenrs had aoodation on the pronade deck the entire forward part of this deck was oupied by an observation saloon, all glass-enclosed, where the passenrs uld sit and watch the river unfold before the on the deck below were a kg-roo and a sall drag-roo and on the deck below that, the dg-saloon

havg seen his possessions disposed his cab, poirot ca out on the deck aga to watch the process of departure he joed rosalie otterbourne, who was leang over the side

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