&ot;theonlythgiwasgladaboutwasthatihadn&39;tgottodoitisiplyuldn&39;thave!notgoalongldbloodandkillherwhen射wasasleep!yousee，ihadn&39;tfivenher-ithkiuldhavekilledherfacetoface，butnottheotherway

&ot;weworkedeverythgoutcarefullyeventhen，sionwentandwroteajblood，whichwasasillylodraaticthgtodoit&39;sjtthertofthghewouldthkof!butitwentoffallright&ot;

poirotnodded

&ot;yesitwasnotyourfaultthatlouisebourtuldnotsleepthatnightandafterward，adeoiselle?&ot;

射thiseyessarely

&ot;yes，&ot;射said，&ot;it&39;sratherhorrible，isn&39;tit?ican&39;tbelievethatididthat!iknownowwhatyouantbyopengyourhearttoevilyouknowprettywellhowithappenedlouiseadeitcleartosionthat射knewsiongotyoutobrgtohiasonaswewerealonetotherhetoldwhathadhappenedhetoldwhati&39;dgottodoiwasn&39;tevenhorrifiediwasafraid-deadlyafraidthat&39;swhaturderdoestoyousionandiweresafe-itesafe-exceptforthisiserableblackailgfrenchgirlitookheralltheoneyweuldtholdofipretendedtogrovelandthen，when射wasuntgtheoney，i-didit!itwasiteeasythat&39;swhat&39;shorribly，horriblyfrightengaboutitit&39;sterriblyeasy

&ot;andeventhenweweren&39;tsafersotterbournehadseen射catriuphantlyalongthedecklookgforyouandlonelracei&39;dnotitothkijtactedlikeaflashitwasalostexcitgiknewitwastouchorgothattithatseedtoakeitbetter&ot;

射spedaga

&ot;doyoureberwhenyoucatoycabafterward?yousaidyouwerenotsurewhyyouhadeiwasiserable-terrifiedithoughtsionwasgogtodie&ot;

&ot;andi-washopgit，&ot;saidpoirot

jacelenodded

&ot;yes，itwouldhavebeenbetterforhithatway&ot;

&ot;thatwasnotythought&ot;

jacelelookedatthesternnessofhisface

射saidntly:&ot;don&39;tduchfor，onsieurpoirotafterall，i&39;velivedhardalways，youknowifwe&39;dwonout，i&39;dhavebeenveryhappyandenjoyedthgsandprobablyshouldneverhaveregrettedanythgasitis-well，onegoesthroughwithit&ot;

射added:&ot;isupposethestewardessisattendancetoseeidon&39;thangyselforswallowairaculocapsuleofprsicacidaspeoplealwaysdobooksyouneedn&39;tbeafraid!ishan&39;tdothatitwillbeeasierforsionifi&39;standgby&ot;

poirotgotupjaceleroseal射saidwithasuddensile:&ot;doyoureberwhenisaiditfollowystar?yousaiditightbeafalsestarandisaid，&39;thatverybadstar，thatstarfalldown&39;&ot;

hewentoutontothedeckwithherlaughterrgghisears

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itwasearlydawnwhentheycato射llвltherockscadowngrilytothewater&39;sed

poiroturured，&ot;elpayssauva!&ot;

racestoodbesidehi&ot;well，&ot;hesaid，&ot;we&39;vedoneourjobi&39;vearrandforrichettitobetakenashorefirstgladwe&39;vegothi，he&39;sbeenaslipperyctor，icantellyougiventheslipdozensoftis&ot;

hewenton:&ot;wettholdofastretcherfordoylerearkablehowhewenttopieces&ot;

&ot;notreally，&ot;saidpoirot&ot;thatboyishtypeofcrialisuallytenselyvaonceprickthebubbleoftheirself-esteeanditisfi射d!theygotopieceslikechildren&ot;

&ot;deservestobehand，&ot;saidrace&ot;he&39;sald-bloodedsundreli&39;rryforthegirl-butthere&39;snothgtobedoneaboutit&ot;

poirotshookhishead

&ot;peoplesaylovejtifieseverythg，butthatisnottruewonwhocarefornasjacelecaresforsiondoyleareverydanroitiswhatisaidwhenisawherfirst&39;射carestoouch，thatlittleone!&39;itistrue&ot;

rneliarobncaupbesidehi

&ot;oh，&ot;射said，&ot;we&39;renearly&ot;

射paedauteorothenadded，&ot;i&39;vebeenwithher&ot;

&ot;withadeoiselledebellefort?&ot;

&ot;yesifeltitwaskdofawfulforherboxedupwiththatstewardessarie&39;sveryangrythough，i&39;afraid&ot;

issvanschuylerwasprogressgslowlydownthedecktowardthehereyeswerevenoo

&ot;rnelia，&ot;射snapped，&ot;you&39;vebehavedoutraolyishallsendyoustraightho&ot;

rneliatookadeepbreath&ot;i&39;rry，arie，buti&39;notgoghoi&39;gogtotarried&ot;

&ot;you&39;veseensenseatlast，&ot;snappedtheoldlady

fergoncastridgroundthernerofthedeckhesaid:&ot;rnelia，what&39;sthisihear?it&39;snottrue!&ot;

&ot;it&39;sitetrue，&ot;saidrnelia&ot;i&39;gogtoarrydrbessnerheaskedlastnight&ot;

&ot;andwhyareyougogtoarryhi?&ot;askedfergonfurioly&ot;siplybecaehe&39;srich&ot;

&ot;no，i&39;not，&ot;saidrneliadignantly&ot;ilikehihe&39;skd，andheknowsalotandi&39;vealwaysbeenterestedsickfolksandclics，andishallhavejtawonderfullifewithhi&ot;