24-01-29 Fourteen THE CHOCOLATE BOX It was a wild night. Outside, the wind howled malevolently, and the rain beat against the windowsin great gusts. Poirot and I sat facing the hearth, our legs stretched out to the cheerful blaze. Between us wasa small table...

24-01-29 Thirteen THE LOST MINE I laid down my bank book with a sigh. It is a curious thing, I observed, but my overdraft never seems to grow any less. And it perturbs you not? Me, if I had an overdraft, never should I close my eyes all night, declared Poiro...

24-01-29 Twelve THE VEILED LADY I had noticed that for some time Poirot had been growing increasingly dissatisfied and restless. Wehad had no interesting cases of late, nothing on which my little friend could exercise his keen witsand remarkable powers of de...

24-01-29 Eleven THE CASE OF THE MISSING WILL The problem presented to us by Miss?Violet Marsh made rather a pleasant change from our usualroutine work. Poirot had received a brisk and businesslike note from the lady asking for anappointment, and had replied...