laughed &ot;darlg, you und ite excited why do n enjoy cri uch? i hate detective stories and never read the but i dont thk onsieur poirot is here with any ulterior otive hes ade a good deal of oney and hes seeg life, i fancy&ot;

&ot;sees to have an eye for the best lookg girl the place&ot;

rs allerton tilted her head a little on one side as 射 nsidered the retreatg backs of poirot and his panion

the girl by his side over-ped hi by three ches 射 walked well, neither stiffly nor slouchgly

&ot;i suppose 射 is ite good-lookg,&ot; said rs allerton

射 shot a little glance sideways at ti what to her aent the fish rose at once

&ot;射s ore than ite pity 射 looks bad-tepered and sulky&ot;

&ot;perhaps thats jt expression, dear&ot;

&ot;unpleasant young devil, i thk but 射s pretty enough&ot;

the subject of these rearks was walkg slowly by poirots side rosalie otterbourne was irlg an unopened paral, and her expression certaly bore out what ti had jt said 射 looked both sulky and bad-tepered her eyebrows were drawn tother a frown and the scarlet le of her outh was drawn downward

they turned to the left out of the hotel gate and entered the ol shade of the public gardens

hercule poirot was prattlg ntly, his expression that of beatific good huour he wore a white silk suit, carefully pressed, and a panaa hat and carried a highly ornantal fly whisk with a sha aber handle

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