poirotsaid:&ot;asense，perhapswhatireallyreireisforyoutolisten&ot;

ti&39;seyebrowsrosepolitesurprise

&ot;certalyi&39;theworld&39;sbestlistenercanbereliedontosay&39;oo-er!&39;attherightonts&ot;

&ot;thatisverysatisfactory&39;oo-er!&39;willbeveryexpressiveehbien，letncewhenityouandyourotheratassuan，onsieurallerton，iwasattractedtoyourpanyverystronglytobegwith，ithoughtyourotherwasoneoftheost插rgpeopleihadevert-&ot;

thewearyfaceflickeredforaont;ashadeofexpressioncatoit

&ot;射is-unie，&ot;hesaid

&ot;butthesendthgthatterestedwasyourntionofacertalady&ot;

&ot;really?&ot;

&ot;yes，aadeoisellejoannauthwoodyousee，ihadrecentlybeenheargthatna&ot;

hepaedandwenton:&ot;forthelastthreeyearstherehavebeencertajewelrobberiesthathavebeenworrygstlandyardagooddealtheyarewhataybedescribedascietyrobberiesthethodisuallythesa-thesubstitutionofaniitationpieceofjewelleryforanorigalyfriend，chiefspectorjapp，catothencsionthattherobberieswerenottheworkofonepern，butofopeopleworkgwitheachotherverycleverlyhewasnvced，frothensiderablesideknowleddisplayed，thattherobberiesweretheworkofpeopleagoodcialpositionandfallyhisattentionbecarivetedonadeoisellejoannauthwood&ot;everyoneofthevictishadbeeneitherafriendoracatanceofhers，andeachcase射hadeitherhandledorbeenlentthepieceofjewelleryestional，herstyleoflivgwasfarexcessofhereontheotherhanditwasiteclearthattheactualrobbery-thatistosaythesubstitution-hadnotbeenaopli射dbyhercases射hadevenbeenoutofenglanddurgtheperiodwhenthejewellerythavebeenreplaced

&ot;graduallyalittlepicturegrewupchiefspectorjapp&39;sdadeoiselleuthwoodwasatonetiasciatedwithaguildofodernjewelleryhespectedthat射handledthejewelsestion，adeauratedragsofthe，gotthepiedbyhublebutdishonestworkgjewellerandthatthethirdpartoftheoperationwasthesuessfulsubstitutionbyanotherpern-bodywhouldhavebeenprovednevertohavehandledthejewelsandnevertohavehadanythgtodowithpiesoriitationsofpreciostonesoftheidentityofthisotherpernjappwasignorant

&ot;certathgsthatfellfroyounversationterestedargthathaddisappearedwhenyouwereajorca，thefactthatyouhadbeenahoe-partywhereoneofthesefakesubstitutionshadourred，yourcloseasciationwithadeoiselleuthwoodtherewasalthefactthatyouobviolyresentedypresenceandtriedtotyourothertobelessfriendlytowardthatight，ofurse，havebeenjtpernaldislike，butithoughtnotyouweretooanxiototryandhideyourdistasteunderanialanner

&ot;ehbien，aftertheurderofldoyle，itisdisveredthatherpearlsareissgyouprehend，atonceithkofyou!butianotitesatisfiedforifyouareworkg，asispect，withadeoiselleuthwood（whowasantiatefriendofadadoyle&39;s）thensubstitutionwouldbethethodeployed-notbare-facedtheftbutthen，thepearlsiteunexpectedlyarereturned，andwhatdoidisver?thattheyarenotnue，butiitation

&ot;iknowthenwhotherealthiefisitwastheiitationstrgwhichwasstolenandreturned-aniitationwhichyouhadpreviolysubstitutedfortherealnecklace&ot;

helookedattheyounganfrontofhitiwaswhiteunderhistanhewasnotgoodafighteraspenngton;hisstaawasbadhesaid，withanefforttostahisockganner:&ot;deed?andif，whatdididowiththe?&ot;

&ot;thatiknowal&ot;

theyoungan&39;sface插nd-brokeup

poirotwentonslowly:&ot;thereisonlyoneplacewheretheycanbeihavereflected，andyreantellsthatthatisthosepearls，onsieurallerton，arencealedarosarythathangsyourcabthebeadsofitareveryelaboratelycarvedithkyouhaditadespeciallythosebeadsunscrew，thoughyouwouldneverthktolookatthesideeachisapearl，stuckwithseoteostpolicesearchersrespectreligiosybols，unlessthereisthgobviolyeerabouttheyouuntedonthatiendeavouredtofdouthowadeoiselleuthwoodsenttheiitationnecklaceouttoyou射thavedone，sceyoucaherefroajorcaonheargthatadadoylewouldbehereforherhoneyoonytheoryisthatitwassentabook-asareholebegcutoutofthepastheiddleabookgoeswiththeendsopenandispracticallyneveropenedthepost&ot;

therewasapae-alongpaethentisaidietly:&ot;you!it&39;sbeenagoodga，butit&39;soveratlastthere&39;snothgforitnow，isuppose，buttotakeydice&ot;

poirotnoddedntly

&ot;doyourealizethatyouwereseenthatnight?&ot;

&ot;seen?&ot;tistarted

&ot;yes，onthenightthatldoyledied，onesawyouleavehercabjtafteronetheorng&ot;

tisaid:&ot;lookhere-youaren&39;tthkgitwasn&39;tiwhokilledher!i&39;llswearthat!i&39;vebeentheostawfulstewtohavechosenthatnightofallothersgod，it&39;sbeenawful!&ot;