herculepoirothadeacrosslonelraceayearpreviolylondontheyhadbeenfellowguestsataverystrandnerparty-adnerpartythathadendeddeathforthatstranan,theirhost
poirotknewthatracewasaanofunadvertisedgogsandgshewasuallytobefoundoneoftheoutpostsofepirewheretroublewasbreg
&ot;youarehereatwвdihalfa,&ot;herearkedthoughtfully
&ot;iahereonthisboat&ot;
&ot;youan?&ot;
&ot;thatiaakgthereturnjourneywithyouto射llвl&ot;
herculepoirot&39;seyebrowsrose
&ot;thatisveryterestgshallwe,perhaps,havealittledrk?&ot;theywenttotheobservationsaloon,nowiteeptypoirotorderedawhiskyforthelonelandadoubleoranadefullofsugarforhiself
&ot;youakethereturnjourneywith,&ot;saidpoirotashesipped&ot;youwouldgofaster,wouldyounot,onthegovernntstear,whichtravelsbynightaswellasday?&ot;
lonelrace&39;sfacecreasedappreciatively
&ot;you&39;rerightonthespotasual,onsieurpoirot,&ot;hesaidpleasantly
&ot;itis,then,thepassenrs?&ot;
&ot;oneofthepassenrs&ot;
&ot;nowwhichone,iwonder?&ot;herculepoirotaskedoftheornateceilg
&ot;unfortunatelyidon&39;tknowyself,&ot;saidraceruefully
poirotlookedterested
racesaid:&ot;there&39;snoneedtobeysteriotoyouwe&39;vehadagooddealoftroubleouthere-onewayandanotheritisn&39;tthepeoplewhoostensiblyleadtheriotersthatwe&39;reafterit&39;sthenwhoverycleverlyputtheatchtothegunpowdertherewerethreeoftheone&39;sdeadone&39;spriniwantthethirdan-aanwithfiveorsixld-bloodedurderstohiscredithe&39;soneofthecleverestpaidagitatorsthateverexistedhe&39;sonthisboatiknowthatfroapassaaletterthatpassedthroughourhandsdededitsaid:&39;xwillbeonthekarnaktripfebruaryseventhtothirteenth&39;itdidn&39;tsayunderwhatnaxwouldbepassg&ot;
&ot;haveyouanydescriptionofhi?&ot;
&ot;noarican,irishandfrenchdescentbitofaongrelthatdoesn&39;thelpuchhaveyougotanyideas?&ot;
&ot;anidea-itisallverywell,&ot;saidpoirotditatively
suchwastheunderstandgbeeenthethatracepressedhinofurther
heknewthatherculepoirotdidnoteverspeakunlesshewassure
poirotrubbedhisnoseandsaidunhappily,&ot;therepassesitselfthgonthisboatthatcaesuchietude&ot;