&ot;hullo，l，&ot;saidjaceledebellefort&ot;hereyouare!weneverseetosrunngtoeachotherhullo，sion，howareyou?&ot;

ldoylehadshrunkbackagasttherockwithalittlecrysiondoyle&39;sgood-lookgfacewassuddenlynvulsedwithraheovedforwardasthoughhewouldhavelikedtostrikethesligirlishfigure

withaickbird-liketurnofherhead射signalledherrealizationofastranr&39;spresencesionturnedhisheadandnoticedpoirothesaidawkwardly，&ot;hullo，jacele;wedidn&39;texpecttoseeyouhere&ot;

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&ot;iteasurprise?&ot;射askedthen，withalittlenod，射walkedupthepathpoirotoveddelicatelytheoppositedirectionashewentheheardldoylesay:

&ot;sion-forgod&39;ssake!sion-whatcanwedo?&ot;

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sionandldoylecaout，atall，distgui射dlookggrey-hairedan，withakeen，clean-shavenaricanface，besidethe

asthelittlegrouphesitatedforaontthedoorway，tiallertonrosefrohis插irnearbyandcaforward

&ot;youdon&39;treber，i&39;sure，&ot;hesaidpleasantlytol，&ot;buti&39;joannauthwood&39;s&ot;

&ot;ofurse-howstupidof!you&39;retiallertonthisisyhband-&ot;afattreorthevoice，pride，shyness?-&ot;andthisisyaricantrtee，rpenngton&ot;

tisaid，&ot;youtetyother&ot;

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thesgdoorsrevolvedasuddentensioncatothebeautifuluprightfiguresittgthernerbeeentheonthenitrelaxedasasallancaoutandwalkedacrosstheterrace

rsallertonsaid:&ot;you&39;renottheonlycelebrityhere，ydearthatfunnylittleanisherculepoirot&ot;

射hadspokenlightly，jtoutofstctivecialtacttobridanawkwardpae，butlseedstruckbytheration

&ot;herculepoirot?ofurse-i&39;veheardofhi&ot;

射seedtosktoafitofabstractiontheononeithersideofherwereontarilyataloss

poirothadstrolledacrosstotheedoftheterrace，buthisattentionwasidiatelylicited

&ot;sitdown，onsieurpoirotwhatalovelynight&ot;

heobeyed