sion f射d

&ot;no, of urse not as a atter of fact id rather have gone anywhere else, but l was abtely set upon it and - and -&ot;

he sped rather laly

&ot;naturally,&ot; said poirot gravely

he appreciated the fact that, if l doyle was set upon anythg, that thg had to happen

he thought to hiself: &ot;i have now heard three separate aounts of the affair - l doyles, jacele de belleforts, sion doyles which of the is nearest to the truth?&ot;

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sion and l doyle set off on their expedition to philae about eleven oclock the follog orng jacele de bellefort, sittg on the hotel balny, watched the set off the picturese sailg boat what 射 did not see was the departure of a car - laden with gga, and which sat a deure-lookg aid - fro the front door of the hotel it turned to the right the direction of 射llвl hercule poirot decided to pass the reag o hours before nch on the island of elephante, idiately opposite the hotel

he went down to the landg sta there were o n jt steppg to one of the hotel boats, and poirot joed the the n were obvioly stranrs to each other the younr of the had arrived by tra the day before he was a tall, dark-haired young an, with a th face and a pugnacio ch he was wearg an extrely dirty pair of grey flannel troers and a high-necked polo juper sgularly unsuited to the cliate the other was a slightly podgy iddle-ad an who lost no ti enterg to nversation with poirot idioatic but slightly broken english f