&ot;andjtwhatisthetruth?didyoutakethesepearlsfrorsdoyle&39;scab?&ot;
&ot;oh,no,lonelrace,ofursenotissvanschuylerdid&ot;
&ot;issvanschuyler?&ot;
&ot;yes射can&39;thelpit,youknow,but射does-er-takethgsespeciallyjewellerythat&39;sreallywhyi&39;alwayswithherit&39;snotherhealthatall;it&39;sthislittleidiosyncrasyikeeponthealert,andfortunatelythere&39;sneverbeenanytroublescei&39;vebeenwithheritjtansbegwatchful,youknowand射alwayshidesthethgs射takesthesaplace-rolledupapairofstockgs-thatakesitverysipleilookeachorngofursei&39;alightsleeper,andialwayssleepnextdoortoher,andwiththeunicatgdooropenifit&39;sahotel,thatiuallyhearthenigoafterherandpersuadehertogobacktobedofurseit&39;sbeenratheroredifficultonaboatbut射doesn&39;tuallydoitatnightit&39;sorejtpickgupthgsthat射seesleftaboutofurse,pearlshaveagreatattractionforheralways&ot;
issbowersceasedspeakg
raceasked,&ot;howdidyoudisvertheyhadbeentaken?&ot;
&ot;theywereherstockgsthisorngiknewwhosetheywere,ofursei&39;veoftennoticedtheiwentalongtoputtheback,hopgthatrsdoylewasn&39;tupyetandhadn&39;tdisveredherlossbuttherewasastewardstandgthere,andhetoldabouttheurderandthatnooneuldgothen,yousee,iwasaregularandarybutistillhopedtoslipthebackthecablater,beforetheirabsencehadbeennoticedicanassureyoui&39;vepassedaveryunpleasantorngwondergwhatwasthebestthgtodothevanschuylerfailyistraditionalitwouldneverdoifthisgottothenewspapersbutthatwon&39;tbenecessary,willit?&ot;
issbowersreallylookedworried
&ot;thatdependsoncircustances,&ot;saidlonelracecautioly&ot;butweshalldoourbestforyou,ofursewhatdoesissvanschuylersaytothis?&ot;
&ot;oh,射&39;lldenyit,ofurse射alwaysdoessayswickedpernhasputitthere射neveraditstakganythgthat&39;swhyifyoucatchherti射goesbacktobedlikealabsays射jtwentouttolookattheoonthglikethat&ot;
&ot;doesissrobnknowaboutthis-er-failg?&ot;
&ot;no,射doesn&39;therotherknows,but射&39;saverysiplekdofgirlandherotherthoughtitbest射shouldknownothgaboutitiwasiteealtodealgwithissvanschuyler,&ot;addedthepetentissbowers
&ot;wehavetothankyou,adeoiselle,forgtoproptly,&ot;saidpoirotissbowersstoodup
&ot;i&39;sureihopei&39;veactedforthebest&ot;
&ot;beassuredthatyouhave&ot;
&ot;yousee,whatwiththerebegaurderaswell-&ot;
lonelraceterruptedherhisvoicewasgrave
&ot;issbowers,iagogtoaskyouaestion,andiwanttoipressuponyouthatithasgottobeansweredtruthfullyissvanschuylerisunhdntallytotheextentofbegakleptoaniachas射alatendencytohoicidalania?&ot;
issbowers&39;answercaidiately:&ot;oh,dear,no!nothgofthatkdyoucantakeywordforitabtelytheoldladywouldn&39;thurtafly&ot;
thereplycawithsuchpositiveassurancethatthereseednothgoretobesaidneverthelesspoirotdidterpolateoneildiry
&ot;doesissvanschuylersufferatallfrodeafness?&ot;
&ot;asaatteroffact射does,onsieurpoirotnotthatyou&39;dnoticeitanyway,notifyouwerespeakgtoher,ianbutiteoften射doesn&39;thearyouwhenyouetoaroothgslikethat&ot;
&ot;doyouthk射wouldhaveheardanyoneovgaboutrsdoyle&39;scab,whichisnextdoortoherown?&ot;
&ot;oh,ishouldn&39;tthk-notforauteyousee,thebunkistheothersideofthecab,notevenagastthepartitionwallno,idon&39;tthk射wouldhaveheardanythg&ot;
&ot;thankyou,issbowers&ot;
racesaid,&ot;perhapsyouwillnowgobacktothedg-saloonandwaitwiththeothers?&ot;
heopenedthedoorforherandwatchedhergodownthestaircaseandenterthesaloonthenheshutthedoorandcabacktothetablepoirothadpickedupthepearls
&ot;well,&ot;saidracegrily,&ot;thatreactioncaprettyicklythat&39;saveryol-headedandastuteyoungwoan-perfectlycapableofholdgoutonstillfurtherif射thksitsuitsherbookwhataboutissarievanschuylernow?idon&39;tthkwecaneliateherfrothepossiblespectsyouknow,射ighthaveittedurdertotholdofthosejewelswecan&39;ttakethenurse&39;swordforit射&39;sallouttodothebestforthefaily&ot;
poirotnoddedagreenthewasverybywiththepearls,runngthethroughhisfrs,holdgtheuptohiseyes
hesaid:&ot;weaytakeit,ithk,thatpartoftheoldlady&39;sstorytowastrue射didlookoutofhercaband射didseerosalieotterbournebutidon&39;tthk射heardanythgoranyoneldoyle&39;scabithk射wasjtpeergoutfrohercabpreparatorytoslippgalongandpurlogthepearls&ot;
&ot;theotterbournegirlwasthere,then?&ot;
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