&ot;yesthrogherother&39;ssecretcacheofdrkoverboard&ot;

lonelraceshookhisheadsypathetically

&ot;that&39;sit!toughonayoungun&ot;

&ot;yes，herlifehasnotbeenverygay，cettepauvrepetiterosalie&ot;

&ot;well，i&39;gladthat&39;sbeenclearedup射didn&39;tseeorhearanythg?&ot;

&ot;iaskedherthat射responded-afteralapseofiteentysends-that射sawnobody&ot;

&ot;oh?&ot;racelookedalert

&ot;yes，itissugstive，that&ot;

racesaidslowly:&ot;ifldoylewasshotroundabouttenutespastone，ordeedanytiaftertheboathadieteddown，ithasseedaazgtothatnooneheardtheshotigrantyouthatalittlepistollikethatwouldn&39;takeuchnoise，butallthesatheboatwouldbedeadlyiet，andanynoise，evenantlepop，shouldhavebeenheardbutibegtounderstandbetternowthecabontheforwardsideofherswasunoupied-sceherhbandwasdrbessner&39;scabtheoneaftwasoupiedbythevanschuylerwoan，whowasdeafthatleavesonly-&ot;hepaedandlookedexpectantlyatpoirot，whonodded

&ot;thecabontheothersideotherwords-penngtonwealwaysseetoebacktopenngton&ot;

&ot;wewillebacktohipresentlywiththekidglovesreoved!ah，yes，iaproisgyselfthatpleasure&ot;

&ot;theantiwe&39;dbettertonwithoursearchoftheboatthepearlsstillakeanvenientexce，eventhoughtheyhavebeenreturned-butissbowersisnotlikelytoadvertisethatfact&ot;

&ot;ah，thesepearls!&ot;poirotheldtheupagastthelightonceorehestuckouthistongueandlickedthe;heevengrlytriedoneofthebeeenhisteeththen，withasigh，hethrewthedownonthetable

&ot;hereareoreplications，yfriend，&ot;hesaid&ot;ianotanexpertonpreciostones，butihavehadagooddealtodowiththeytiandiafairlycertaofwhatisaythesepearlsareonlyacleveriitation&ot;

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lonelracesworestily

&ot;thisdanedcasetsoreandorevolved&ot;hepickedupthepearls&ot;isupposeyou&39;venotadeaistake?theylookallrightto&ot;

&ot;theyareaverygoodiitation-yes&ot;

&ot;nowwheredoesthatlead?isupposeldoyledidn&39;tdeliberatelyhaveaniitationadeandbrgitaboardwithherforsafetyanywondo&ot;

&ot;ithk，ifthatwere，herhbandwouldknowaboutit&ot;

&ot;射aynothavetoldhi&ot;

poirotshookhisheadadissatisfiedanner

&ot;no，idonotthkthatisiwasadirgadadoyle&39;spearlsthefirstevengontheboat-theirwonderful射enandstreiasurethat射wasweargthenueonesthen&ot;

&ot;thatbrgsupagastopossibilitiesfirst，thatissvanschuyleronlystoletheiitationstrgaftertherealoneshadbeenstolenbyoneelsesend，thatthewholekleptoaniacstoryisafabricationeitherissbowersisathief，andicklyventedthestoryandallayedspicionbyhandgoverthefalsepearls，orelsethatwholepartyisittotherthatistosay，theyareagangofcleverjewelthievesaseradgasanexcsivearicanfaily&ot;

&ot;yes&ot;poiroturured&ot;itisdifficulttoknowbutiwillnowputtoyouonethg-toakeaperfectandexactpyofthepearls，claspandall，goodenoughtostanda插nceofdeceivgadadoyle，isahighlyskilledtechnicalperforanceituldnotbedoneahurrywhoeverpiedthosepearlsthavehadagoodopportunityofstudygtheorigal&ot;

racerosetohisfeet

&ot;elesstospeculateaboutitanyfurthernowlet&39;stonwiththejobwe&39;vegottofdtherealpearlsandatthesatiwe&39;llkeepoureyesopen&ot;

theydisposedfirstofthecabsoupiedonthelowerdeckthatofsignorrichettintaedvarioar插eologicalworksdifferentlanguas，avariedasrtntofclothg，hairlotionsofahighlyscentedkdandopernalletters-onefroanar插eologicalexpeditionsyria，andonefro，apparently，asisterrohishandkerchiefswerealloflouredsilktheypassedontofergon&39;scab

therewasasprklgofunisticliterature，agoodanysnapshots，sauelbutler&39;serewhonandacheapeditionofpepys&39;diaryhispernalpossessionswerenotanyostofwhatouterclothgtherewaswastornanddirty;theunderclothg，ontheotherhand，wasofreallygoodalitythehandkerchiefswereexpensivelenones

&ot;terestgdiscrepancies，&ot;ururedpoirot

racenodded&ot;ratheroddthatthereareabtelynopernalpapers，letters，etc&ot;

&ot;yes;thatgivesonetothkanoddyoungan，onseiurfergon&ot;helookedthoughtfullyatasigrgheheldhishand，beforereplacgitthedrawerwherehehadfoundit

theywentalongtothecaboupiedbylouisebourttheaidhadheralsaftertheotherpassenrs，butracehadsentwordthat射wastobetakentojotheothersacabstewardtthe

&ot;i&39;rry，sir，&ot;heapologized，&ot;buti&39;venotbeenabletofdtheyoungwoananywhereican&39;tthkwhere射canhavegotto&ot;

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