herlaughrangout，clearandsilvery

poirotgraspedherar

&ot;beietiet，itellyou&ot;

jacelelookedathi

&ot;well?&ot;射askedhersilewasdefitely插llengg

&ot;adeoiselle，ibeseechyou，donotdowhatyouaredog&ot;

&ot;leavedearlalone，youan?&ot;

&ot;itisdeeperthanthatdonotopenyourhearttoevil&ot;

herlipsfellapart;alookofbewilderntcatohereyes

poirotwentongravely:&ot;becae-ifyoudo-evilwilleyes，verysurelyevilwilleitwillenterandakeitshowithyou，andafteralittlewhileitwillnolonrbepossibletodriveitout&ot;

jacelestaredathiherglanceseedtowaver，toflickeruncertaly射said，&ot;i-don&39;tknow-&ot;then射criedoutdefiantly，&ot;youcan&39;ts&ot;

&ot;no，&ot;saidherculepoirot&ot;icannotsyou&ot;

hisvoicewassad

&ot;evenifiwereto-killher，youuldn&39;ts&ot;

&ot;no-notifyouwerewillgtopaytheprice&ot;

jaceledebellefortlaughed

&ot;oh，i&39;notafraidofdeath!whathaveigottolivefor，afterall?isupposeyoubelieveit&39;sverywrongtokillapernwhohasjuredyou-evenifthey&39;vetakenawayeverythgyouhadtheworld?&ot;

poirotsaidsteadily:&ot;yes，adeoiselleibelieveitistheunfivableoffence-tokill&ot;

jacelelaughedaga

&ot;thenyououghttoapproveofypresentscheofreven;becae，yousee，aslongasitworks，ishan&39;tethatpistolbuti&39;afraid-yes，afraidtis-itallgoesred-iwanttohurther-tostickaknifetoher，toputydearlittlepistolcloseagastherheadandthen-jtpresswithyfr-oh!&ot;theexclaationstartledhi

&ot;whatisit，adeoiselle?&ot;

射hadturnedherheadandwasstargtotheshadows

&ot;one-standgovertherehe&39;sgonenow&ot;

herculepoirotlookedroundsharply

theplaceseeditedeserted

&ot;thereseesnooneherebutourselves，adeoiselle&ot;hegotup&ot;anycaseihavesaidallicatosayiwishyougood-night&ot;

jacelegotuptoo射saidalostpleadgly，&ot;youdounderstand-thatican&39;tdowhatyouasktodo?&ot;

poirotshookhishead

&ot;no-foryouulddoit!thereisalwaysaont!yourfriendl-therewasaont，too，which射uldhaveheldherhand射letitpassbyandifonedoesthat，thenoneisittedtotheenterpriseandthereesnosend插nce&ot;