24-08-05 Twenty-five I LIE BACK AND REFLECT No, I thought, as I hurried after Poirot, there was no doubt about it now. Miss Arundell had beenmurdered and Theresa knew it. But was she herself the criminal or was there another explanation? She was afraidyes. B...

24-08-05 Twenty-four THERESAS DENIAL We found Theresa Arundell just preparing to go out. She was looking extraordinarily attractive. A small hat of the most outrageous fashiondescended rakishly over one eye. I recognized with momentary amusement that Bella T...

24-08-05 Twenty-three DR. TANIOS CALLS ON US No sooner had we left the house than Poirots manner changed. His face was grim and set. Dpchons nous, Hastings, he said. We must get back to London as soon as possible. Im willing. I quickened my pace to suit his....

24-08-05 Twenty-two THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS On the following morning a note arrived by hand. It was in a rather weak, uncertain handwritingslanting very much uphill. Dear M. Poirot, I hear from Ellen that you were at Littlegreen House yesterday. I shall be m...

24-08-05 Twenty-one THE CHEMIST; THE NURSE; THE DOCTOR The tin of weed killer had started a new train of thought in my mind. It was the first definitesuspicious circumstance that I had encountered. Charles interest in it, the old gardeners obvioussurprise at...

24-08-05 Twenty SECOND VISIT TO LITTLEGREEN HOUSE On our way from Harchester to Market Basing, a matter of some ten miles, we discussed thesituation. Have you any grounds at all, Poirot, for that suggestion you threw out? You mean that Miss Arundell may have...

24-08-05 Nineteen VISIT TO MR. PURVIS Poirot called for his bill and paid it. What do we do next? I asked. We are going to do what you suggested earlier in the morning. We are going to Harchester tointerview Mr. Purvis. That is why I telephoned from the Durh...

24-08-05 Eighteen A NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE We had lunch at a small restaurant not far away. I was eager to learn what he made of the variousmembers of the Arundell family. Well, Poirot? I asked impatiently. With a look of reproof Poirot turned his whole atte...

24-08-05 Seventeen DR. TANIOS I must say that my first sight of Dr. Tanios was rather a shock. I had been imbuing him in mymind with all sorts of sinister attributes. I had been picturing to myself a dark-bearded foreignerwith a swarthy aspect and a sinister...

24-08-05 Sixteen MRS. TANIOS Gentleman to see you, madame. The woman who was sitting writing at one of the tables in the writing room of the DurhamHotel turned her head and then rose, coming towards us uncertainly. Mrs. Tanios might have been any age over th...