e was nothg to be seen but there was a path along the poirot rebered seeg natives walkg along there when they had first e ashore

he looked at the hband and wife l looked dazed still - bewildered sion, however, was articulate with ra

&ot;god dan her!&ot; he ejaculated

he checked hiself with a ick glance at ti allerton

the latter said: &ot;phew, that was near! did fool bowl that thg over, or did it t detached on its own?&ot;

l was very pale 射 said with difficulty, &ot;i thk - fool t have done it&ot;

&ot;ight have cru射d you like an egg射ll sure you havent got an eney, l?&ot;

l swallowed ice and found a difficulty answerg the light-hearted raillery

&ot;e back to the boat, ada,&ot; poirot said ickly &ot;you t have a restorative&ot;

they walked there ietly, sion still full of pent-up ra, ti tryg to talk cheerfully and distract ls d fro the danr 射 had run, poirot with a grave face

and then, jt as they reached the gangplank, sion sped dead a look of aazent spread over his face

jacele de bellefort was jt g ashore dressed be ggha, 射 looked childish this orng

&ot;good god!&ot; said sion under his breath &ot; it was an aident, after all&ot; the anr went out of his face an overwhelg relief showed pnly that jacele noticed thg aiss

&ot;good-orng,&ot; 射 said &ot;i afraid i a little on the late side&ot; 射 gave the all a nod and stepped ashore and proceeded the direction of the teple

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