poirotsaid:&ot;yes，youthavehaduneasyontsbut，nowthatthetruthhaseout，youaybeabletohelpwasadadoylealiveordeadwhenyoustolethepearls?&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tknow，&ot;tisaidhoarsely&ot;honesttogod，onsieurpoirot，idon&39;tknow!i&39;dfoundoutwhere射puttheatnight-onthelittletablebythebedicrept，feltveryftlyonthetableandgrabbed&39;e，putdowntheothersandcreptoutagaiassud，ofurse，that射wasasleep&ot;

&ot;didyouhearherbreathg?surelyyouwouldhavelistenedforthat?&ot;

tithoughtearnestly

&ot;itwasverystill-verystilldeedno，ican&39;treberactuallyheargherbreathe&ot;

&ot;wasthereanysllofsokelrgtheair，astherewouldhavebeenifafirearhadbeendis插rdrecently?&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tthkidon&39;treberit&ot;

poirotsighed

&ot;thenwearenofurther&ot;

tiaskedcurioly，&ot;whowasitsaw?&ot;

&ot;rosalieotterbourne射caroundfrotheothersideoftheboatandsawyouleaveldoyle&39;scabandgotoyourown&ot;

&ot;itwas射whotoldyou&ot;

poirotsaidntly，&ot;exce;射didnottell&ot;

&ot;butthen，howdoyouknow?&ot;

&ot;becaeiaherculepoirot!idonotneedtobetoldwhenitaxedherwithit，doyouknowwhat射said?射said，&39;isawnobody&39;and射lied&ot;

&ot;butwhy?&ot;

poirotsaidadetachedvoice:&ot;perhapsbecae射thoughtthean射sawwastheurdereritlookedlikethat，youknow&ot;

&ot;thatseestoalltheorereanfortellgyou&ot;

poirotshrugdhisshoulders&ot;射didnotthk，itsees&ot;

tisaid，aeernotehisvoice:&ot;射&39;sanextraordaryrtofagirl射thavebeenthroughaprettyroughtiwiththatotherofhers&ot;

&ot;yes，lifehasnotbeeneasyforher&ot;

&ot;poorkid，&ot;tiutteredthenhelookedtowardrace

&ot;well，sir，wheredowegofrohere?iadittakgthepearlsfrol&39;scabandyou&39;llfdthejtwhereyousaytheyarei&39;guiltyallrightbutasfarasissuthwoodisncerned，i&39;notadittganythgyou&39;venoevidencewhateveragastherhowigotholdofthefakenecklaceisyownbess&ot;

poiroturured，&ot;averyrrectattitude&ot;