rneliarobnsaidherently:&ot;oh，onsieurpoirot，isn&39;titwonderful?ianthey&39;rebigandpeaceful-andlookgattheakesonefeelthatone&39;ssalland-andratherlikeansect-andthatnothgattersveryuchreally，doesit?&ot;

rfanthorp，whowasstandgnearby，urured，&ot;very-er-ipressive&ot;

&ot;grand，isn&39;tit?&ot;saidsiondoyle，strollguphewentonnfidentiallytopoirot:&ot;youknow，i&39;notuchofafellowforteplesandsight-seegandallthat，butaplacelikethisrtoftsyou，ifyouknowwhatianthoseoldpharaohsthavebeenwonderfulfellows&ot;

theothershaddriftedawaysionloweredhisvoice

&ot;i&39;noendgladwecaonthistripit&39;s-well，it&39;sclearedthgsupaazgwhyitshould-butthereitisl&39;sgothernerveback射saysit&39;sbecae射&39;sactuallyfacedthebessatlast&ot;

&ot;ithkthatisveryprobable，&ot;saidpoirot

&ot;射saysthatwhen射actuallysawjackieontheboat射feltterrible-andthen，suddenly，itdidn&39;tatteranyorewe&39;rebothagreedthatwewon&39;ttryanddodheranyorewe&39;lljtetheronherowngroundandshowherthatthisridiculostuntofhersdoesn&39;tworryabitit&39;sjtdanedbadfor-that&39;sall射thought射&39;dgotbadlyrattled，butnow，well，wejtaren&39;trattledanyorethatoughttoshowher&ot;

&ot;yes，&ot;saidpoirotthoughtfully

&ot;that&39;ssplendid，isn&39;tit?&ot;

&ot;oh，yes，yes&ot;

lcaalongthedeck射wasdressedaftshadeofapritlen射wassilg射greetedpoirotwithnoparticularenthias，jtgavehiaolnodandthendrewherhbandaway

poirotrealizedwithaontaryflickerofaentthathehadnotadehiselfpopularbyhiscriticalattitudelwasedtounalifiedadirationofall射wasordidherculepoirothadsnednoticeablyagastthiscreed

rsallerton，joghi，urured:

&ot;whatadifferencethatgirl!射lookedworriedandnotveryhappyatassuantoday射lookshappythatoneightalostbeafraid射wasfey&ot;

beforepoirotuldrespondasheant，thepartywascalledtoordertheofficialdragoantook插randthepartywasledashoretovisitabusibelpoirothiselffelltostepwithandrewpenngton

&ot;itisyourfirstvisittoegypt-yes?&ot;heasked

&ot;why，no，iwashereneteenenty-threethatistosay，iwascairoi&39;veneverbeenthistripupthenilebefore&ot;

&ot;youcaoveronthecaranic，ibelieve-atleastadadoylewastellg&ot;

penngtonshotashrewdglancehisdirection

&ot;why，yes，thatis，&ot;headitted

&ot;iwonderedifyouhadhappenedtoeacrossfriendsofewhowereaboard-therhgtonsiths&ot;

&ot;ican&39;trecallanyoneofthatnatheboatwasfullandwehadbadweatheralotofpassenrshardlyappeared，andanycasethevoyaisshortonedoesn&39;tttoknowwhoisonboardandwhoisn&39;t&ot;

&ot;yes，thatisverytruewhatapleasantsurpriseyourrunngtoadadoyleandherhbandyouhadnoideatheywerearried?&ot;

&ot;norsdoylehadwritten，buttheletterwasforwardedonandionlyreceiveditdaysafterourunexpectedetgcairo&ot;

&ot;youhaveknownherforveryanyyears，iunderstand?&ot;

&ot;why，ishouldsayihave，onsieurpoiroti&39;veknownlridwaysce射wasjtacutelittlethghigh-&ot;

headeanilstratgsture

&ot;herfatherandiwerelifelongfriendsaveryrearkablean，lhuishridway-andaverysuessfulone&ot;

&ot;hisdaughterestoansiderablefortune，iunderstandah，pardon-perhapsitisnotdelicatewhatisaythere&ot;

andrewpenngtonseedslightlyaed

&ot;oh，that&39;sprettyonknowledyes，l&39;sawealthywoan&ot;

&ot;isuppose，though，thattherecentspisboundtoaffectanystocks，howeverundtheyaybe?&ot;

penngtontookaontorotoanswerhesaidatlast:&ot;that，ofurse，istruetoacertaextentthepositionisverydifficultthesedays&ot;

poiroturured，&ot;ishouldiage，however，thatadadoylehasakeenbesshead&ot;

&ot;thatisyes，thatislisacleverpracticalgirl&ot;

theycatoahalttheguideproceededtostructtheonthesubjectoftheteplebuiltbythegreatrasesthefourlossiofraseshiself，onepaironeachsideoftheentrance，hewnoutofthelivgrock，lookeddownonthelittlestragglgpartyoftourists

signorrichetti，disdagtherearksofthedragoan，wasbyexagthereliefsofnegroandsyriancaptivesonthebasesofthelossioneithersideoftheentrance

whenthepartyenteredtheteple，asenseofdinessandpeacecaoverthethestillvividlylouredreliefsonofthenerwallswerepotedout，butthepartytendedtobreakuptogroups

drbessnerreadnorolyranfroabaedeker，pageverynowandthentotranslateforthebenefitofrnelia，whowalkedadocileannerbesidehithiswasnottontue，howeverissvanschuyler，entergonthearofthephlegaticissbowers，utteredaandg&ot;rnelia，ehere，&ot;andthestructionhadperforcetoceasedrbessnerbeadafterhervaguelythroughhisthicklenses