24-01-29 Twenty-four ELIMINATION OF THREE MURDERERS? On arrival in London, Superintendent Battle came straight to Poirot. Anne and Rhoda had thenbeen gone an hour or more. Without more ado, the superintendent recounted the result of his researches in Devonsh...

24-01-29 Twenty-three THE EVIDENCE OF A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS As Superintendent Battles train rushed eastwards through England, Anne Meredith and RhodaDawes were in Hercule Poirots sitting room. Anne had been unwilling to accept the invitation that had reac...

24-01-29 Twenty-two EVIDENCE FROM COMBEACRE Superintendent Battle was in the police station of Combeacre. Inspector Harper, rather red in the face, talked in a slow, pleasing Devonshire voice. Thats how it was, sir. Seemed all as right as rain. The doctor wa...

24-01-29 Twenty-one MAJOR DESPARD Quelle femme, murmured Hercule Poirot. Ce pauvre Despard! Ce quil a d? souffrir! Quelvoyage pouvantable! Suddenly he began to laugh. He was now walking along the Brompton Road. He paused, took out his watch, and made acalcul...

24-01-29 Twenty THE EVIDENCE OF MRS. LUXMORE The maid who opened the door at Mrs. Luxmores South Kensington address looked at HerculePoirot with deep disapproval. She showed no disposition to admit him into the house. Unperturbed, Poirot gave her a card. Giv...

24-01-29 Nineteen CONSULTATION The telephone rang in Poirots room and a respectful voice spoke. Sergeant OConnor. Superintendent Battles compliments and would it be convenient for Mr. Hercule Poirot to come to Scotland Yard at 11:30? Poirot replied in the af...

24-01-29 Eighteen TEA INTERLUDE Mrs. Lorrimer came out of a certain door in Harley Street. She stood for a minute at the top of the steps, and then she descended them slowly. There was a curious expression on her facea mingling of grim determination and of s...

24-01-29 Seventeen THE EVIDENCE OF RHODA DAWES Rhoda Dawes came out of Debenhams and stood meditatively upon the pavement. Indecisionwas written all over her face. It was an expressive face; each fleeting emotion showed itself in aquickly varying expression....

24-01-29 Sixteen THE EVIDENCE OF ELSIE BATT Sergeant OConnor was unkindly nicknamed by his colleagues at the Yard: The MaidservantsPrayer. There was no doubt that he was an extremely handsome man. Tall, erect, broad-shouldered, itwas less the regularity of h...

24-01-29 Fifteen MAJOR DESPARD Major Despard came out of the Albany, turned sharply into Regent Street and jumped on a bus. It was the quiet time of daythe top of the bus had very few seats occupied. Despard made hisway forward and sat down on the front seat...