&ot;asyousay，anythgshaveourred&ot;

hervoicewashardwithanundertoneofdesperatebitterness

&ot;adeoiselle，ispeakasafriendburyyourdead!&ot;

射lookedstartled

&ot;whatdoyouan?&ot;

&ot;giveupthepast!turntothefuture!whatisdoneisdonebitternesswillnotundoit&ot;

&ot;i&39;surethatthatwouldsuitdearladirably&ot;

poirotadeasture

&ot;ianotthkgofheratthisont!iathkgofyouyouhavesuffered-yes-butwhatyouaredognowwillonlyprolongthatsufferg&ot;

射shookherhead

&ot;you&39;rewrongtherearetiswhenialostenjoyyself&ot;

&ot;andthat，adeoiselle，istheworstofall&ot;

射lookedupswiftly

&ot;you&39;renotstupid，&ot;射said射addedslowly，&ot;ibelieveyouantobekd&ot;

&ot;goho，adeoiselleyouareyoung;youhavebras;theworldisbeforeyou&ot;

jaceleshookherheadslowly

&ot;youdon&39;tunderstand-oryouwon&39;tsionisyworld&ot;

&ot;loveisnoteverythg，adeoiselle，&ot;poirotsaidntly&ot;itisonlywhenweareyoungthatwethkitis&ot;

butthegirlstillshookherhead

&ot;youdon&39;tunderstand&ot;射shothiaicklook&ot;youknowallaboutit，ofurse?you&39;vetalkedtol?andyouweretherestaurantthatnightsionandilovedeachother&ot;

&ot;iknowthatyoulovedhi&ot;

射wasicktoperceivetheflectionofhiswords射repeatedwithephasis:

&ot;welovedeachotherandilovedlitrtedher射wasybestfriendallherlifelhasbeenabletobuyeverythg射wanted射&39;sneverdeniedherselfanythgwhen射sawsion射wantedhi-and射jttookhi&ot;

&ot;andheallowedhiselftobe-bought?&ot;

jaceleshookherdarkheadslowly

&ot;no，it&39;snotitelikethatifitwere，ishouldn&39;tbeherenowyou&39;resugstgthatsionisn&39;tworthcargfor!ifhe&39;darriedlforheroney，thatwouldbetruebuthedidn&39;tarryherforheroneyit&39;soreplicatedthanthatthere&39;ssuchathgasglaour，onsieurpoirotandoneyhelpsthatlhadan&39;atosphere，&39;yousee射wastheeenofakgdo-theyoungprcess-xuriotoherfrtipsitwaslikeastasettg射hadtheworldatherfeet，oneoftherichestandostughtafterpeersenglandwantgtoarryherand射stoopssteadtotheobscuresiondoyledoyouwonderitwenttohishead?&ot;射adeasuddensture&ot;lookattheoonupthereyouseeherverypnly，don&39;tyou?射&39;sveryrealbutifthesunweretosheyouwouldn&39;tbeabletoseeheratallitwasratherlikethatiwastheoonwhenthesuncaout，sionuldn&39;tseeanyorehewasdazzledheuldn&39;tseeanythgbutthesun-l&ot;

射paedandthenwenton:&ot;youseeitwas-glaour射wenttohisheadandthenthere&39;sherpleteassurance-herhabitofand射&39;ssureofherselfthat射akesotherpeoplesuresionwasweak，perhaps;butthenhe&39;saverysiplepernhewouldhavelovedandonlyiflhadn&39;tealongandsnatchedhiuphergolden插riotandiknow-iknowperfectly-thathewouldn&39;teverhavefallenlovewithherif射hadn&39;tadehi&ot;

&ot;thatiswhatyouthk-yes&ot;

&ot;iknowitheloved-hewillalwayslove&ot;

poirotsaid，&ot;evennow?&ot;

aickanswerseedtorisetoherlips，thenbestifled射lookedatpoirotandadeepburnglourspreadoverherface射lookedaway;herheaddroppeddown射saidalowstifledvoice:

&ot;yes，iknowhehatesnowyes，hateshe&39;dbetterbecareful!&ot;

withaicksture射fubledalittlesilkbagthatlayontheseatthen射heldoutherhandonthepalofitwasasallpearl-handledpistol-adatytoyitlooked

&ot;nicelittlethg，isn&39;tit?&ot;射said&ot;lookstoofoolishtobereal，butitisreal!oneofthosebulletswouldkillaanorawoanandi&39;agoodshot&ot;射siledafaraway，reiscentsile&ot;wheniwenthoasachildwithyother，touthcarola，ygrandfathertaughttoshoothewastheold-fashionedkdthatbelievesshootg-especiallywherehonourisncernedyfather，too，hefoughtseveralduelsasayounganhewasagoodswordsanhekilledaanoncethatwasoverawoanyousee，onsieurpoirot-&ot;射thiseyessarely-&ot;i&39;vehotblood!iboughtthiswhenitfirsthappenedianttokilloneorotherofthe-thetroublewasiuldn&39;tdecidewhichbothofthewouldhavebeenunsatisfactoryifi&39;dthoughtlwouldhavelookedafraid-but射&39;sgotplentyofphysicalura射canstanduptophysicalactionandthenithoughti&39;d-wait!thatappealedtooreandoreafterall，iulddoitanyti;itwouldbeorefuntowaitand-thkaboutit!andthenthisideacatoyd-tofollowthe!whenevertheyarrivedatfarawayspotandweretotherandhappy，theyshouldsee!anditworked!itgotlbadly-awaynothgelseuldhavedone!itgotrightunderherskthatwaswhenibegantoenjoyyselfandthere&39;snothg射candoaboutit!i&39;alwaysperfectlypleasantandpolite!there&39;snotawordtheycantakeholdof!it&39;spoingeverythg-everythg-forthe&ot;