第64章（第1页）

theotterbournes&39;cabcanexthere，aga，poirotadeaveryticulosearch，butwithnoresult

thenextcabwasbessner&39;ssiondoylelaywithanuntastedtrayoffoodbesidehi

&ot;offyfeed，&ot;hesaidapolotically

hewaslookgfeverishandveryuchworsethanearlierthedaypoirotappreciatedbessner&39;sanxietytothiasswiftlyaspossibletohospitalandskilledappliances

thelittlebelgianexpnedwhattheooftheweredog，andsionnoddedapprovalonlearngthatthepearlshadbeenrestoredbyissbowers，butprovedtoberelyiitation，heexpressedtheostpleteastonishnt

&ot;youareitesure，onsieurdoyle，thatyourwifedidnothaveaniitationstrgwhich射broughtabroadwithhersteadoftherealones?&ot;

sionshookhisheaddecisively

&ot;oh，noi&39;itesureofthatllovedthosepearlsand射wore&39;eeverywheretheyweresuredagasteverypossiblerisk，ithkthatadeherabitcareless&ot;

&ot;thenwetntueoursearch&ot;

hestartedopengdrawersraceattackedasuitcase

sionstared&ot;lookhere，yousurelydon&39;tspectoldbessnerpchedthe?&ot;poirotshrugdhisshoulders

&ot;itightbeafterall，whatdoweknowofdrbessner?onlywhathehiselfgivesout&ot;

&ot;butheuldn&39;thavehiddenthehere-i&39;dseenhi&ot;

&ot;heuldnothavehiddenanythgtodaywithoutyourhavgseenhibutwedonotknowwhenthesubstitutiontookplaceheayhaveeffectedtheex插ndaysago&ot;

&ot;ineverthoughtofthat&ot;

butthesearchwasunavailg

thenextcabwaspenngton&39;stheonspenttitheirsearchparticular，poirotandraceexaedcarefullyacasefulloflegalandbessdocunts，ostofthereirgl&39;ssignature

poirotshookhisheadglooily&ot;theseseeallsareandaboveboardyouagree?&ot;

&ot;abtelystill，theanisn&39;tabornfooliftherehadbeenaproisgdocuntthere-apowerofattorneyorthgofthatkd-he&39;dbeprettysuretohavedestroyeditfirstthg&ot;

&ot;thatis，yes&ot;

poirotliftedaheavyltrevolveroutofthedrawerofthechestofdrawers，lookedatitandputitback

&ot;itseestherearestillpeoplewhotravelwithrevolvers，&ot;heurured&ot;yes，alittlesugstive，perhapsstill，ldoylewasn&39;tshotwithathgthatsize&ot;racepaedandthensaid:&ot;youknow，i&39;vethoughtofapossibleanswertoyourpotaboutthepistolbegthrownoverboardsupposgthattheactualurdererdidleaveitldoyle&39;scab，andthatoneelse-sendpern-tookitawayandthrewittotheriver?&ot;

&ot;yes，thatispossibleihavethoughtofitbutitopensupawholestrgofestionswhowasthatsendpern?whatteresthadtheyendeavourgtoshieldjaceledebellefortbytakgawaythepistol?whatwasthatsendperndogthere?theonlyotherpernweknowofwhowenttothecabwasadeoisellevanschuylerwasitnceivablyadeoisellevanschuylerwhoreovedit?whyshould射wishtoshieldjaceledebellefort?andyet-whatotherreancantherebeforthereovalofthepistol?&ot;

racesugsted，&ot;射ayhaveregnizedthestoleashers，gotthedup，andthrownthewholebagoftricksoveronthataount&ot;

&ot;thestole，perhaps，butwould射havegotridofthepistol，too?still，iagreethatitisapossibletionbutitiscsy-bondieu，itiscsyandyoustillhavenotappreciatedonepotaboutthestole-&ot;

astheyerdfropenngton&39;scabpoirotsugstedthatraceshouldsearchthereagcabs，thoseoupiedbyjacele，rneliaandoeptyonesattheend，whilehehiselfhadafewwordswithsiondoyleaordglyheretracedhisstepsalongthedeckandre-enteredbessner&39;scabsionsaid:&ot;lookhere，i&39;vebeenthkgi&39;perfectlysurethatthosepearlswereallrightyesterday&ot;

&ot;whyisthat，onsieurdoyle?&ot;

&ot;becae，l-&ot;hecedasheutteredhiswife&39;sna-&ot;waspassgthethroughherhandsjtbeforednerandtalkgaboutthe射knewthgaboutpearlsifeelcerta射&39;dhaveknowniftheywereafake&ot;

&ot;theywereaverygoodiitation，thoughtell，wasadadoylethehabitoflettgthosepearlsoutofherhands?did射everlendthetoafriend，forstance?&ot;

sionf射dwithslightebarrassnt

&ot;yousee，onsieurpoirot，it&39;sdifficultfortosayi-i-well，yousee，ihadn&39;tknownlverylong&ot;

&ot;ah，no，itwasaickroance-yours&ot;

sionwenton

&ot;and-really-ishouldn&39;tknowathglikethatbutlwasawfullynerowithherthgsishouldthk射ighthavedone&ot;

&ot;射neverforstance-&ot;poirot&39;svoicewasverysooth-&ot;射never，forstance，lentthetoadeoiselledebellefort?&ot;

&ot;whatd&39;youan?&ot;sionf射dbrickred，triedtositupand，cg，fellback&ot;whatareyouttgat?thatjackiestolethepearls?射didn&39;ti&39;llswear射didn&39;tjackie&39;sasstraightasadiethereideaofherbegathiefisridiculo-abtelyridiculo&ot;