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&ot;it插ni&39;rry，onsieurpoiroti&39;afraidi&39;vebeentalkgalotoffoolishnonsense&ot;

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rsallerton，lookgietanddistgui射dhersipleblacklaceevenggown，descendedodeckstothedg-rooatthedoorofitherncaughtherup

&ot;rry，darlgithoughtiwasgogtobelate&ot;

&ot;iwonderwherewesit&ot;thesaloonwasdottedwithlittletablesrsallertonpaedtillthesteward，whowasbyseatgapartyofpeople，uldattendtothe

&ot;bytheway，&ot;射added，&ot;iaskedlittleherculepoirottositatourtable&ot;

&ot;other，youdidn&39;t!&ot;tiundedreallytakenabackandannoyed

hisotherstaredathisurprisetiwasuallyeasygog&ot;ydear，doyoud?&ot;

&ot;yes，idohe&39;sanunitigatedlittlebounder!&ot;

&ot;oh，no，ti!idon&39;tagreewithyou&ot;

&ot;anyway，whatdowewanttotixedupwithanoutsiderfor?opeduplikethisonasallboat，thatrtofthgisalwaysaborehe&39;llbewithorng，noonandnight&ot;

&ot;i&39;rry，dear&ot;rsallertonlookeddistressed&ot;ithoughtreallyitwouldaeyouafterall，hethavehadavariedexperienceandyoulovedetectivestories&ot;

tigrunted

&ot;iwishyouwouldn&39;thavethesebrightideas，otherwecan&39;ttoutofitnow，isuppose?&ot;

&ot;really，ti，idon&39;tseehowwecan&ot;

&ot;oh，well，weshallhavetoputupwithit，isuppose&ot;

thestewardcatotheatthisuteandledthetoatablersallerton&39;sfaceworeratherapuzzledexpressionas射followedhitiwasuallyeasy-gogandgood-teperedthisoutburstwasiteunlikehiitwasn&39;tasthoughhehadtheordarybriti射r&39;sdislike-andistrt-offoreignerstiwasverysopolitanoh，well-射sighednwereprehensible!evenone&39;snearestanddearesthadunspectedreactionsandfeelgs

astheytooktheirplaces，herculepoirotcaicklyandsilentlytothedg-saloonhepaedwithhishandonthebackofthethird插ir

&ot;youreallyperit，ada，thatiavailyselfofyourkdsugstion?&ot;

&ot;ofursesitdown，onsieurpoirot&ot;

&ot;youareostaiable&ot;

射wasuneasilynsciothat，asheseatedhiself，heshotaswiftglanceatti，andthattihadnotitesueededaskgawhatsullenexpression

rsallertonsetherselftoproduceapleasantatosphereastheydranktheirup，射pickedupthepassenrlistwhichhadbeenplacedbesideherplate&ot;let&39;stryandidentifyeverybody，&ot;射sugstedcheerfully&ot;ialwaysthkthat&39;sratherfun&ot;

射beganreadg:&ot;rsallerton，rtallertonthat&39;seasyenough!issdebellefortthey&39;veputheratthesatableastheotterbournes，iseeiwonderwhat射androsaliewillakeofeachotherwhoesnext?drbessnerdrbessner?whocanidentifydrbessner?&ot;

射bentherglanceonatableatwhichfournsattother

&ot;ithkhetbethefatonewiththecloselyshavedheadandtheotachearan，ishouldiageheseestobeenjoyghisupveryuch&ot;certasuulentnoisesfloatedacrosstothe

rsallertonntued:&ot;issbowers?canweakeaguessatissbowers?therearethreeorfourwon-no，we&39;llleaveherforthepresentrandrsdoyleyes，deed，thelionsofthistrip射reallyisverybeautiful，andwhataperfectlylovelyfrock射iswearg&ot;

titurnedroundhis插irlandherhbandandandrewpenngtonhadbeengivenatablethernerlwasweargawhitedressandpearls

&ot;itlooksfrightfullysipleto，&ot;saidti&ot;jtalengthofstuffwithakdofrdroundtheiddle&ot;

&ot;yes，darlg，&ot;saidhisother&ot;averyniceanlydescriptionofaneighty-gueaodel&ot;

&ot;ican&39;tthkwhywonpayuchfortheirclothes，&ot;tisaid&ot;itseesabsurdto&ot;

rsallertonproceededwithherstudyofherfellowpassenrs

&ot;rfanthorptbeoneofthefouratthattablethetenselyietyounganwhoneverspeaksratheraniceface，cautiobuttellint&ot;

poirotagreed

&ot;heistellint-yeshedoesnottalk，buthelistensveryattentively，andhealwatchesyes，heakesgoodeofhiseyesnotitethetypeyouwouldexpecttofdtravellgforpleasurethispartoftheworldiwonderwhatheisdoghere&ot;

&ot;rfergon，&ot;readrsallerton&ot;ifeelthatfergontbeouranti-capitalistfriendrsotterbourne，issotterbourneweknowallabouttherpenngton?aliasuncleandrewhe&39;sagood-lookgan，ithk-&ot;

&ot;now，other，&ot;saidti

&ot;ithkhe&39;sverygood-lookgadryrtofway，&ot;saidrsallerton&ot;ratheraruthlessjawprobablythekdofanonereadsaboutthepaper，whooperatesonwallstreet-orisitwallstreet?i&39;surehetbeextrelyrichnext-onsieurherculepoirot-whosetalentsarereallybegwastedcan&39;tyoutupacriforonsieurpoirot，ti?&ot;

butherwell-antbanteronlyseedtoannoyhernanewheswledandrsallertonhurriedon:&ot;rrichettiouritalianar插eologicalfriendthenissrobnandlastofallissvanschuylerthelast&39;seasytheveryuglyoldaricanladywhoobviolyfeelsherselftheeenoftheboatandwhoisclearlygogtobeveryexcsiveandspeaktonobodywhodoesn&39;teuptotheostexactgstandards!射&39;sratherarvello，isn&39;t射，really?akdofperiodpiecetheowonwithhertbeissbowersandissrobn-perhapsasecretary，thethonewithpce-nez，andapoorrelation，theratherpatheticyoungwoanwhoisobviolyenjoygherselfspiteofbegtreatedlikeablackslaveithkrobn&39;sthesecretarywoanandbowersisthepoorrelation&ot;