sionf射d

&ot;no，ofursenotasaatteroffacti&39;dratherhavegoneanywhereelse，butlwasabtelysetuponitand-and-&ot;

hespedratherlaly

&ot;naturally，&ot;saidpoirotgravely

heappreciatedthefactthat，ifldoylewassetuponanythg，thatthghadtohappen

hethoughttohiself:&ot;ihavenowheardthreeseparateaountsoftheaffair-ldoyle&39;s，jaceledebellefort&39;s，siondoyle&39;swhichoftheisnearesttothetruth?&ot;

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sionandldoylesetoffontheirexpeditiontophilaeabouteleveno&39;clockthefollogorngjaceledebellefort，sittgonthehotelbalny，watchedthesetoffthepicturesesailgboatwhat射didnotseewasthedepartureofacar-ladenwithgga，andwhichsatadeure-lookgaid-frothefrontdoorofthehotelitturnedtotherightthedirectionof射llвlherculepoirotdecidedtopassthereagohoursbeforenchontheislandofelephante，idiatelyoppositethehotel

hewentdowntothelandgstatherewereonjtsteppgtooneofthehotelboats，andpoirotjoedthethenwereobviolystranrstoeachothertheyounrofthehadarrivedbytrathedaybeforehewasatall，dark-hairedyoungan，withathfaceandapugnaciochhewaswearganextrelydirtypairofgreyflanneltroersandahigh-neckedpolojupersgularlyunsuitedtothecliatetheotherwasaslightlypodgyiddle-adanwholostnotientergtonversationwithpoirotidioaticbutslightlybrokenenglishfarfrotakgpartthenversation，theyounranrelyswledatthebothandthendeliberatelyturnedhisbackontheandproceededtoadiretheagilitywithwhichthenubianboatansteeredtheboatwithhistoesasheanipulatedthesailwithhishands

itwasverypeacefulonthewater，thegreatsoothslipperyblackrocksglidgbyandtheftbreezefanngtheirfaceselephantewasreachedveryicklyandongogashorepoirotandhisloacioacatanceadestraightfortheeubythistithelatterhadproducedacardwhichhehandedtopoirotwithalittlebowitborethescription:signorguidorichetti，archeologo

nottobeoutdone，poirotreturnedthebowandextractedhisowncard

theseforalitiespleted，theonsteppedtotheeutother，theitalianpourgforthastreaoferuditerationtheywerebynownversgfrench

theyoungantheflanneltroersstrolledlistlesslyroundtheeu，yawngfrotitoti，andthenescapedtotheouterair

poirotandsignorrichettiatlastfollowedhitheitalianwasenerticexagtherus，butpresentlypoirot，espygagreen-ledsunshadewhichheregnizedontherocksdownbytheriver，escapedthatdirection

rsallertonwassittgonalarrock，asketch-bookbyhersideandabookonherlap

poirotreovedhishatpolitelyandrsallertonatonceenteredtonversation

&ot;good-orng，&ot;射said&ot;isupposeitwouldbeiteipossibletotridofoftheseawfulchildren&ot;

agroupofsallblackfiguressurroundedher，allgrngandposturgandholdgoutiplorghandsastheylisped&ot;bakshish&ot;attervals，hopefully

&ot;ithoughtthey&39;dttiredof，&ot;saidrsallertonsadly&ot;they&39;vebeenwatchgforoverohoursnow-andtheycloseonlittlebylittle;andtheniyell&39;shi&39;andbrandishysunshadeattheandtheyscatterforauteoroandthentheyebackandstareandstare，andtheireyesaresiplydisgtg，andaretheirnoses，andidon&39;tbelieveireallylikechildren-notunlessthey&39;reoreorlesswa射dandhavetherudintsofanners&ot;

射laughedruefully

poirotgallantlyatteptedtodispersetheobforher，butwithoutavailtheyscatteredandthenreappeared，closgonceore

&ot;iftherewereonlyanypeaceegypt，ishouldlikeitbetter，&ot;saidrsallerton&ot;butyoucanneverbealoneanywhereoneisalwayspestergyouforoney，oroffergyoudonkeys，orbeads，orexpeditionstonativevillas，orduckshootg&ot;

&ot;itisthegreatdisadvanta，thatistrue，&ot;agreedpoirot

hespreadhishandkerchiefcautiolyontherockandsatwhatgrlyuponit

&ot;yournisnotwithyouthisorng?&ot;hewenton

&ot;no，tihadletterstotoffbeforeweleavewe&39;redogthetriptothesendcataract，youknow&ot;

&ot;i，too&ot;

&ot;i&39;gladiwanttotellyouthati&39;itethrilledtoetyouwhenwewereajorca，therewasarsleechthere，and射wastellgtheostwonderfulthgsaboutyou射&39;dlostarubyrgbathg，and射wasjtlantgthatyouweren&39;ttheretofditforher&ot;

&ot;ah，parbleu，butianotthedivgseal!&ot;

theybothlaughed

rsallertonwenton:

&ot;isawyoufroydowwalkgdownthedrivewithsiondoylethisorngdotellwhatyouakeofhi?we&39;reallexcitedabouthi&ot;

&ot;ah?truly?&ot;

&ot;yesyouknowhisarriatolridwaywasthegreatestsurprise射wassupposedtobegogtoarrylorddleshaandthensuddenly射tsengadtothisannoonehadeverheardof!&ot;