poirotalteredhistoneheleantforward;hisvoicewasnfidential，appealghesaidveryntly，&ot;whydoyouduch，ada?&ot;

&ot;why?butit&39;saddeng!irritatgtothelastdegree!i&39;vetoldyouwhy!&ot;

poirotshookhishead

&ot;notaltother&ot;

&ot;whatdoyouan?&ot;laskedaga

poirotleantback，foldedhisarsandspokeadetachedipernalanner&ot;eutez，adaiwillreunttoyoualittlehistoryitisthatoneday，aonthoroago，iadgarestaurantlondonatthetablenexttoareopeople，aanandagirltheyareveryhappy，itsees，veryuchlovetheytalkwithnfidenceofthefutureitisnotthatilistentowhatisnotantfor;theyareiteoblivioofwhohearstheandwhodoesnotthean&39;sbackisto，buticanwatchthegirl&39;sfaceitisverytense射islove-heart，ulandbody-and射isnotofthosewholovelightlyandoftenwithheritisclearlythelifeandthedeaththeyareengadtobearried，theseo;thatiswhatigather;andtheytalkofwheretheyshallpassthedaysoftheirhoneyoontheyplantogotoegypt&ot;

hepaedlsaidsharply&ot;well?&ot;

poirotwenton:&ot;thatisaonthoroago，butthegirl&39;sface-idonotfetitiknowthatishallreberifiseeitagaandirebertoothean&39;svoiceandithkyoucanguess，ada，whenitisiseetheoneandheartheotheragaitishereegypttheanisonhishoneyoon，yes-butheisonhishoneyoonwithanotherwoan&ot;

lsaidsharply:&ot;whatofit?ihadalreadyntionedthefacts&ot;

&ot;thefacts-yes&ot;

&ot;wellthen?&ot;

poirotsaidslowly:&ot;thegirltherestaurantntionedafriend-afriendwho，射wasverypositive，wouldnotletherdownthatfriend，ithk，wasyou，ada&ot;

lf射d

&ot;yesitoldyouwehadbeenfriends&ot;

&ot;and射trtedyou?&ot;

&ot;yes&ot;

射hesitatedforaont，bitgherlipipatiently;then，aspoirotdidnotseedisposedtospeak，射brokeout:

&ot;ofursethewholethgwasveryunfortunatebutthesethgshappen，onsieurpoirot&ot;

&ot;ah!yes，theyhappen，ada&ot;hepaed&ot;youareofthechurchofenglandipresu?&ot;

&ot;yes&ot;llookedslightlybewildered

&ot;thenyouhaveheardportionsofthebiblereadaloudchurchyouhaveheardofkgdavidandoftherichanwhohadanyflocksandherdsandthepooranwhohadoneewelab-andofhowtherichantookthepooran&39;soneewelabthatwasthgthathappened，ada&ot;

lsatuphereyesfla射dangrily

&ot;iseeperfectlywhatyouaredrivgat，onsieurpoirot!youthk，toputitvulgarly，thatistoleyfriend&39;syounganlookgattheattersentintally-whichis，isuppose，thewaypeopleofyournerationcannothelplookgatthgs-thatispossiblytruebuttherealhardtruthisdifferentidon&39;tdenythatjackiewaspassionatelylovewithsion，butidon&39;tthkyoutaketoaountthatheaynothavebeeneallydevotedtoherhewasveryfondofher，butithkthatevenbeforehethewasbegngtofeelthathehadadeaistakelookatitclearly，onsieurpoirotsiondisversthatitisiheloves，notjackiewhatishetodo?beheroicallynobleandarryawoanhedoesnotcarefor-andtherebyprobablyruthreelives-foritisdoubtfulwhetherheuldakejackiehappyunderthosecircustances?ifhewereactuallyarriedtoherwhenhetiagreethatitightbehisdutytosticktoher-thoughi&39;notreallysureofthatifonepernisunhappytheothersufferstoobutanengantisnotreallybdgifaistakehasbeenade，thensurelyitisbettertofacethefactbeforeitistoolateiaditthatitwasveryhardonjackie，andi&39;terriblyrryaboutit-butthereitisitwasevitable&ot;

&ot;iwonder&ot;

射staredathi

&ot;whatdoyouan?&ot;

&ot;itisverysensible，verylogical-allthatyousay!butitdoesnotexpnonethg&ot;

&ot;whatisthat?&ot;

&ot;yourownattitude，adaseeyou，thispursuitofyou，youighttakeitowaysitightcaeyouannoyance-yes，oritightstiryourpity-thatyourfriendshouldhavebeendeeplyhurtastothrowallregardsforthenventionsasidebutthatisnotthewayyoureactno，toyouthispersecutionistolerable-andwhy?itcanbeforonereanonly-thatyoufeelasenseofguilt&ot;

lsprangtoherfeet

&ot;howdareyou?really，onsieurpoirot，thisisgogtoofar&ot;

&ot;butidodare，ada!iagogtospeaktoyouitefranklyisugsttoyouthat，althoughyouayhaveendeavouredtoglossoverthefacttoyourself，youdiddeliberatelysetabouttakgyourhbandfroyourfriendisugstthatyoufeltstronglyattractedtohiatoncebutisugstthattherewasaontwhenyouhesitated，whenyourealizedthattherewasachoice-thatyouuldrefraorgoonisugstthattheitiativerestedwithyou-notwithonsieurdoyleyouarebeautiful，ada;youarerich;youareclever，tellint-andyouhave插ryouuldhaveexercisedthat插roryouuldhaverestraedityouhadeverythg，ada，thatlifecanofferyourfriend&39;slifewasbounduponepernyouknewthat，but，thoughyouhesitated，youdidnotholdyourhandyoustretcheditoutand，liketherichanthebible，youtookthepooran&39;soneewelab&ot;