&ot;awfullygoodofyoutoealong，onsieurpoirotlookhere，there&39;sthgiwanttoaskyou&ot;

&ot;yes?&ot;

siongotstillreddertheface

&ot;it&39;s-it&39;saboutjackieiwanttoseeherdoyouthk-wouldyoud-would射d，d&39;youthk，ifyouaskedhertoealonghere?youknowi&39;vebeenlygherethkgthatwretchedkid-射isonlyakidafterall-anditreatedherdanbadly-and-&ot;

hestaredtosilence

poirotlookedathiwithterest

&ot;youdesiretoseeadeoisellejacele?iwillfetchher&ot;

&ot;thanksawfullygoodofyou&ot;

poirotwentonhisesthefoundjaceledebellefortsittghuddleduparneroftheobservationsaloontherewasanopenbookonherlapbut射wasnotreadg

poirotsaidntly:&ot;willyouewith，adeoiselle?onsieurdoylewantstoseeyou&ot;

射startedupherfacef射d-thenpaled射lookedbewildered

&ot;sion?hewantstosee-tosee?&ot;

hefoundhercredulityovg

&ot;willyoue，adeoiselle?&ot;

射wentwithhiadocilefashion，likeachild，butlikeapuzzledchild

&ot;i-yes，ofurseiwill&ot;

poirotpassedtothecab

&ot;hereisadeoiselle&ot;

射steppedafterhi，wavered，stoodstillstandgthereuteanddub，hereyesfixedonsion&39;sface

&ot;hullo，jackie&ot;he，too，wasebarrassedhewenton:&ot;awfullygoodofyoutoeiwantedtosay-ian-whatianis-&ot;

射terruptedhithenherwordscaoutarh

&ot;sion-ididn&39;tkilllyouknowididn&39;tdothatiwasadlastnightoh，canyoueverfive?&ot;

wordscaoreeasilytohinow

&ot;ofursethat&39;sallright!abtelyallright!that&39;swhatiwantedtosaythoughtyouightbeworrygabit，youknow&ot;

&ot;worryg?abit?oh!sion!&ot;

&ot;that&39;swhatiwantedtoseeyouaboutit&39;siteallright，see，oldgirl?youjtgotabitrattledlastnight-ashadetightallperfectlynatural&ot;

&ot;oh，sion!iighthavekilledyou!&ot;

&ot;notyounotwitharottenlittlepeashooterlikethat&ot;

&ot;andyourleg!perhapsyou&39;llneverwalkagaherouthwentsulkyatonce

&ot;now，lookhere，jackie，don&39;tbeaudlasonaswettoassuanthey&39;regogtoputthex-raystowork，anddigoutthattpotbullet，andeverythgwillbeasrightasra&ot;

jacelegulpedice;then射ru射dforwardandkneltdownbysion&39;sbed，burygherfaceandbbgsionpattedherawkwardlyontheheadhiseyestpoirot&39;sand，witharectantsigh，thelatterleftthecabheheardbrokenurursashewent: