be delighted&ot;

the o n walked side by side, passed out through the gateway and turned to the ol shade of the gardens then sion reoved his pipe fro his outh and said, &ot;i understand, onsieur poirot, that y wife had a talk with you last night?&ot;

&ot;that is &ot;

sion doyle was frowng a little he belond to that type of n of action who fd it difficult to put thoughts to words and who have trouble expressg theselves clearly

&ot;i glad of one thg,&ot; he said &ot;youve ade her realize that were ore or less powerless the atter&ot;

&ot;there is clearly no legal redress,&ot; agreed poirot

&ot;exactly l didnt see to understand that&ot; he gave a fat sile

&ot;ls been brought up to believe that every annoyance can autoatically be referred to the police&ot;

&ot;it would be pleasant if such were the case,&ot; said poirot

there was a pae then sion said suddenly, his face gog very red as he spoke: &ot;its - its fao that 射 should be victiized like this! 射s done nothg! if anyone likes to say i behaved like a cad, theyre wele to say ! i suppose i did but i wont have the whole thg visited on l 射 had nothg whatever to do with it&ot;

poirot bowed his head gravely but said nothg

&ot;did you - er - have you - talked to jackie - iss de bellefort?&ot;

&ot;yes, i have spoken with her&ot;

&ot;did you t her to see sense?&ot;

&ot;i afraid not&ot;

sion broke out irritably: &ot;cant 射 see what a