ago&ot;

&ot;i never thought of that&ot;

but the search was unavailg

the next cab was penngtons the o n spent ti their search particular, poirot and race exaed carefully a case full of legal and bess docunts, ost of the reirg ls signature

poirot shook his head glooily &ot;these see all sare and aboveboard you agree?&ot;

&ot;abtely still, the an isnt a born fool if there had been a proisg docunt there - a power of attorney or thg of that kd - hed be pretty sure to have destroyed it first thg&ot;

&ot;that is , yes&ot;

poirot lifted a heavy lt revolver out of the drawer of the chest of drawers, looked at it and put it back

&ot; it sees there are still people who travel with revolvers,&ot; he urured &ot;yes, a little sugstive, perhaps still, l doyle wasnt shot with a thg that size&ot; race paed and then said: &ot;you know, ive thought of a possible answer to your pot about the pistol beg thrown overboard supposg that the actual urderer did leave it l doyles cab, and that one else - send pern - took it away and threw it to the river?&ot;

&ot;yes, that is possible i have thought of it but it opens up a whole strg of estions who was that send pern? what terest had they endeavourg to shield jacele de bellefort by takg away the pistol? what was that send pern dog there? the only other pern we know of who went to the cab was adeoiselle van schuyler was it nceivably adeoiselle van schuyler who reoved it? why should 射