herculepoirot&39;sobservationhadnotbeenatfaulttherewerenopearlsonthetablebyldoyle&39;sbed
louisebourtwasbiddentoakeasearchaongl&39;sbelonggs
aordgtoher,allwasorderonlythepearlshaddisappearedastheyerdfrothecabastewardwaswaitgtotellthethatbreakfasthadbeenservedthesokg-roo
astheypassedalongthedeck,racepaedtolookovertherail
&ot;ah!iseeyouhavehadanidea,yfriend&ot;
&ot;yesitsuddenlycato,whenfanthorpntionedthkghehadheardasplash,thatitoohadbeenawakenedtilastnightbyasplashit&39;sperfectlypossiblethat,aftertheurder,theurdererthrewthepistoloverboard&ot;
poirotsaidslowly,&ot;youreallythkthatispossible,yfriend?&ot;raceshrugdhisshoulders
&ot;it&39;sasugstionafterall,thepistolwasn&39;tanywherethecabfirstthgilookedfor&ot;
&ot;allthesa,&ot;saidpoirot,&ot;itiscrediblethatitshouldhavebeenthrownoverboard&ot;
raceasked,&ot;whereisitthen?&ot;
poirotrepliedthoughtfully,&ot;ifitisnotadadoyle&39;scab,thereis,logically,onlyoneotherplacewhereituldbe&ot;
&ot;where&39;sthat?&ot;
&ot;adeoiselledebellefort&39;scab&ot;
racesaidthoughtfully:&ot;yesisee-&ot;
hespedsuddenly
&ot;射&39;soutofhercabshallwegoandhavealooknow?&ot;
poirotshookhishead
&ot;no,yfriend,thatwouldbeprecipitateitaynotyethavebeenputthere&ot;
&ot;whataboutanidiatesearchofthewholeboat?&ot;
&ot;thatwayweshouldshowourhandwetworkwithgreatcareitisverydelicate,ourposition,attheontletdiscsthesituationasweeat&ot;
raceagreedtheywenttothesokg-roo
&ot;well,&ot;saidraceashepouredhiselfoutacupofffee,&ot;we&39;vegotodefiteleadsthere&39;sthedisappearanceofthepearlsandthere&39;stheanfleeoodasregardsthepearls,robberyseesdicated,but-idon&39;tknowwhetheryou&39;llagreewith-&ot;
poirotsaidickly,&ot;butitwasanoddonttochoose?&ot;
&ot;exactlytostealthepearlsatsuchaontvitesaclosesearchofeverybodyonboardhowthenuldthethiefhopetotawaywithhisbooty?&ot;
&ot;heighthavegoneashoreanddupedit&ot;
&ot;thepanyalwayshasawatchanonthebank&ot;
&ot;thenthatisnotfeasiblewastheurderittedtodivertattentionfrotherobbery?no,thatdoesnotakesense;itisprofoundlyunsatisfactorybutsupposgthatadadoylewokeupandcaughtthethieftheact?&ot;