&ot;i ssed it up,&ot; he said &ot;lost y head and aditted everythg! rry, jackie ive let you down&ot;

射 siled at hi then

&ot;its all right, sion,&ot; 射 said &ot;a fools ga, and weve lost thats all&ot;

射 stood aside the bearer picked up the handles of the stretcher

jacele bent down and tied the lace of her shoe then her hand went to her stockg and 射 straightened up with thg her hand there was a sharp explosive &ot;pop&ot;

sion doyle gave one nvulsed shudder and then lay still

jacele de bellefort nodded 射 stood for a ute, pistol hand 射 gave a fleetg sile at poirot

then, as race juped forward, 射 turned the little glitterg toy agast her heart and pressed the trigr

射 sank down a ft huddled heap

race shouted, &ot;where the devil did 射 t that pistol?&ot;

poirot felt a hand on his ar

rs allerton said ftly, &ot;you knew?&ot;

he nodded &ot;射 had a pair of these pistols i realized that when i heard that one had been found rosalie otterbournes handbag the day of the search jacele sat at the sa table as they did when 射 realized that there was gog to be a search, 射 slipped it to the other girls handbag later 射 went to rosalies cab and got it back, after havg distracted her attention with a par of lipsticks as both 射 and her cab had been searched yesterday, it wasnt thought necessary to do it aga&ot;

rs allerton said, &ot;you wanted her to take that way out?&ot;

&ot;yes but 射 would not