پنجشنبه ۲۹ شهریور ۰۳ | ۱۱:۵۰ ۹ بازديد
stick in the
hall. Rather reluctantly, it seemed to me, Mrs. Maltravers made the
necessary introduction.
“Monsieur Poirot, Captain Black.”
A few minutes’ ******** ensued, in the course of which Poirot elicited the
fact that Captain Black was putting up at the Anchor Inn. The missing stick
not having been discovered (which was not surprising), Poirot uttered more
apologies and we withdrew.
We returned to the village at a great pace, and Poirot made a bee line for
the Anchor Inn.
“Here we establish ourselves until our friend the Captain returns,” he
explained. “You notice that I emphasized the point that we were returning to
London by the first train? Possibly you thought I meant it. But no—you
observed Mrs. Maltravers’ face when she caught sight of this young Black?
She was clearly taken aback, and he—eh
hall. Rather reluctantly, it seemed to me, Mrs. Maltravers made the
necessary introduction.
“Monsieur Poirot, Captain Black.”
A few minutes’ ******** ensued, in the course of which Poirot elicited the
fact that Captain Black was putting up at the Anchor Inn. The missing stick
not having been discovered (which was not surprising), Poirot uttered more
apologies and we withdrew.
We returned to the village at a great pace, and Poirot made a bee line for
the Anchor Inn.
“Here we establish ourselves until our friend the Captain returns,” he
explained. “You notice that I emphasized the point that we were returning to
London by the first train? Possibly you thought I meant it. But no—you
observed Mrs. Maltravers’ face when she caught sight of this young Black?
She was clearly taken aback, and he—eh
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