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hercule poirot siled, reberg that past cident where a dead body, a waiter, blond, and a very lovely lady had played a part

&ot;you are too aiable, onsieur blond,&ot; he said

&ot;and you are alone, onsieur poirot?&ot;

&ot;yes, i a alone&ot;

&ot;oh, well, jules here will pose for you a little al that will be a poe - positively a poe! won, however 插rg, have this disadvanta: they distract the d fro food! you will enjoy your dner, onsieur poirot; i proise you that now, as to e -&ot;

a technical nversation ensued, jules, the aitre dhфtel, assistg

before departg, blond lred a ont, lowerg his voice nfidentially

&ot;you have grave affairs on hand?&ot;

poirot shook his head

&ot;i a, hélas, a an of leisure,&ot; he said sadly &ot;i have ade the enoies y ti and i have now the ans to enjoy a life of idleness&ot;

&ot;i envy you&ot;

&ot;no, no, you would be unwise to do i can assure you, it is not gay as it unds&ot; he sighed &ot;how true is the sayg that an was forced to vent work order to escape the stra of havg to thk&ot;

blond threw up his hands

&ot;but there is uch! there is travel!&ot;

&ot;yes, there is travel already i have done not badly this ter i shall visit egypt, i thk the cliate, they say, is superb! one will escape fro the fogs, the greyness, the onotony of the nstantly fallg ra&ot;

&ot;ah! egypt,&ot; breathed blond

&ot;one can even voya th