&ot;thatisyopion，&ot;saidfanthorp

&ot;hewasdefitelyafraid射ightattackadadoyle?&ot;

&ot;no&ot;fanthorpshookhishead&ot;idon&39;tthkthatwashisideaatallithkhewasafraid射ight-er-dothgrashtoherself&ot;

&ot;suicide?&ot;

&ot;yesyousee，射seedpletelyberedandheartbrokenatwhat射haddone射wasfullofself-reproach射keptsayg射wouldbebetterdead&ot;

rneliasaidtiidly:&ot;ithkhewasratherupsetaboutherhespoke-itenicelyhesaiditwasallhisfault-thathe&39;dtreatedherbadlyhe-hewasreallyverynice&ot;

herculepoirotnoddedthoughtfully

&ot;nowaboutthepistol，&ot;hewenton&ot;whathappenedtothat?&ot;

&ot;射droppedit，&ot;saidrnelia

&ot;andafterward?&ot;

fanthorpexpnedhowhehadgonebacktosearchforit，buthadnotbeenabletofdit

&ot;aha!&ot;saidpoirot&ot;nowwebegtoarrivelet，iprayyou，beveryprecisedescribetoexactlywhathappened&ot;

&ot;issdebellefortletitfallthen射kickeditawayfroherwithherfoot&ot;

&ot;射rtofhatedit，&ot;expnedrnelia&ot;iknowjtwhat射felt&ot;

&ot;anditwentunderasettee，yousaynowbeverycarefuladeoiselledebellefortdidnotreverthatpistolbefore射leftthesaloon?&ot;

bothfanthorpandrneliawerepositiveonthatpot

&ot;préciséntiseekonlytobeveryexact，youprehendthenwearriveatthispotwhenadeoiselledebellefortleavesthesaloonthepistolisunderthesettee，and，sceadeoiselledebellefortisnotleftalone-onsieurfanthorp，adeoisellerobnoradeoisellebowersbegwithher-射hasnoopportunitytotbackthepistolafter射leftthesaloonwhattiwasit，onsieurfanthorp，whenyouwentbacktolookforit?&ot;

&ot;itthavebeenjtbeforehalfpastelve&ot;

&ot;andhowlongwouldhaveelapsedbeeenthetiyouanddrbessnercarriedonsieurdoyleoutofthesaloonuntilyoureturnedtolookforthepistol?&ot;

&ot;perhapsfiveutes-perhapsalittleore&ot;

&ot;thenthatfiveutesonereovesthatpistolfrowhereitlayoutofsightunderthesetteethatonewasnotadeoiselledebellefortwhowasit?itseeshighlyprobablethatthepernwhoreoveditwastheurdererofadadoyleweayassu，too，thatthatpernhadoverheardorseenthgoftheeventsidiatelyprecedg&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tseehowyouakethatout，&ot;objectedfanthorp

&ot;becae，&ot;saidherculepoirot，&ot;youhavejttoldthatthepistolwasoutofsightunderthesetteethereforeitishardlycrediblethatitwasdisveredbyaidentitwastakenbyonewhoknewitwastherethereforethatonethaveassistedatthescene&ot;

fanthorpshookhishead&ot;isawnoonewheniwentoutonthedeckjtbeforetheshotwasfired&ot;

&ot;ah，butyouwentoutbythedooronthestarboardside&ot;

&ot;yesthesasideasycab&ot;