24-08-05 Two Hercule Poirot sat in the corner of a first-class carriage speeding through the English countryside. Meditatively he took from his pocket a neatly folded telegram, which he opened and reread: Take four-thirty from St.?Pancras instruct guard have...

24-08-05 II A duchess greeted M. Hercule Poirot in fulsome tones. So you could manage to come after all, M. Poirot! Why, thats splendid. The pleasure is mine, madame, murmured Poirot, bowing. He escaped from several important and splendid beingsa famous dipl...

24-08-05 DEAD MANS MIRROR One IThe flat was a modern one. The furnishings of the room were modern, too. The armchairs weresquarely built, the upright chairs were angular. A modern writing table was set squarely in front ofthe window, and at it sat a small, e...

24-08-05 Eight The guests left after lunch. Mrs.?Vanderlyn and Mrs.?Macatta went by train, the Carringtons hadtheir car. Poirot was standing in the hall as Mrs.?Vanderlyn bade her host a charmingfarewell. So terribly sorry for you having this bother and anxi...

24-08-05 Seven Mrs.?Vanderlyn swept into the room looking very handsome. She was wearing an artfully-cutrusset sports suit that showed up the warm lights of her hair. She swept to a chair and smiled in adazzling fashion at the little man in front of her. For...

24-08-05 Six If theres been a burglary, why the devil doesnt old Mayfield send for the police? demandedReggie Carrington. He pushed his chair slightly back from the breakfast table. He was the last down. His host, Mrs.?Macatta and Sir George had finished the...

24-08-05 Five Lord Mayfield was seated at his desk when Poirot entered the study. He swung round, laid downhis pen, and looked up inquiringly. Well, M. Poirot, had your interview with Carrington? Poirot smiled and sat down. Yes, Lord Mayfield. He cleared up...

24-08-05 Four Blinking a little, Hercule Poirot turned his head from one man to the other. Very delicately hesmothered a yawn. It was half past two in the morning. He had been roused from sleep and rushed down throughthe darkness in a big Rolls Royce. Now he...

24-08-05 Three At any rate give it a trial, Charles. It was half an hour later. The two men were in Lord Mayfields study, and Sir George hadbeen expending a considerable amount of persuasion to induce his friend to adopt a certain course. Lord Mayfield, at f...

24-08-05 Two In the drawing room conversation had flagged more than once. Mrs.?Vanderlyn was usually at adisadvantage when left alone with members of her own sex. That charming sympathetic manner ofhers, so much appreciated by members of the male sex, did no...