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heiteenjoyedreadgthenflictgexpressionsthatsueededeachotheronissvanschuyler&39;sfacefally，withagracioclationofthehead，射said，&ot;iaveryuchoblidtoyou，onsieurpoirot&ot;

poirotlookedafterherandsiledas射wentoutofthesaloonthenhesatdownandhisfacegrewgraveonceorehewasfollogoutatraofthoughthisdfrotitotihenoddedhishead

&ot;aisoui，&ot;hesaidatlast&ot;itallfits&ot;

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racefoundhistillsittgthere

&ot;well，poirot，whataboutit?penngton&39;sduetenutesi&39;leavgthisyourhands&ot;

poirotroseicklytohisfeet&ot;first，tholdofyoungfanthorp&ot;

&ot;fanthorp?&ot;racelookedsurprised

&ot;yesbrghitoycab&ot;

racenoddedandwentoffpoirotwentalongtohiscabracearrivedwithyoungfanthorp，auteoroafterward

poirotdicated插irsandofferedcigarettes

&ot;now，onsieurfanthorp，&ot;hesaid，&ot;toourbess!iperceivethatyouwearthesatiethatyfriendhastgswears&ot;

jifanthorplookeddownathisneckwearwithbewildernt

&ot;it&39;sanoetie，&ot;hesaid

&ot;exactlyyoutunderstandthat，thoughiaaforeigner，iknowthgoftheenglishpotofviewiknow，forstance，thatthereare&39;thgswhicharedone&39;and&39;thgswhicharenotdone&39;&ot;

jifanthorpgrned

&ot;wedon&39;tsaythatrtofthguchnowadays，sir&ot;

&ot;perhapsnot，butthecto，itstillreastheoldschooltieistheoldschooltie，andtherearecertathgs（iknowthisfroexperience）thattheoldschooltiedoesnotdo!oneofthosethgs，onsieurfanthorp，istobutttoaprivatenversationunaskedwhenonedoesnotknowthepeoplewhoarenductgit&ot;

fanthorpstared

poirotwenton:&ot;buttheotherday，onsieurfanthorp，thatisexactlywhatyoudiddocertapernswereietlytransactgprivatebesstheobservationsaloonyoustrollednearthe，obviolyordertooverhearwhatitwasthatwasprogress，andpresentlyyouactuallyturnedroundandngratulatedalady-adasiondoyle-ontheundnessofherbessthods&ot;

jifanthorp&39;sfacegotveryredpoirotswepton，notwaitgforant

&ot;nowthat，onsieurfanthorp，wasnotatallthebehaviourofonewhowearsatiesiilartothatwornbyyfriendhastgs!hastgsisalldelicacy，woulddieofshabeforehedidsuchathg!therefore，takgthatactionofyoursnjunctionwiththefactthatyouareaveryyoungantobeabletoaffordanexpensiveholiday，thatyouareaberofauntrylicitor&39;sfir，andthereforeprobablynotextravagantlywelloff，andthatyoushownosignsofrecentillnesssuchasightnecessitateaprolondvisitabroad，iaskyself-andanowaskgyou-whatisthereanforyourpresenceonthisboat?&ot;

jifanthorpjerkedhisheadback

&ot;idecletogiveyouanyrationwhatever，onsieurpoirotireallythkyoutbead&ot;

&ot;ianotadiavery，verysanewhereisyourfir?northapton;thatisnotveryfarfrowodehallwhatnversationdidyoutrytooverhear?onencernglegaldocuntswhatwastheobjectofyourreark-arearkwhichyouutteredwithobvioebarrassntandase?yourobjectwastopreventadadoylefrosignganydocuntunread&ot;

hepaed

&ot;onthisboatwehavehadaurder，andfollogthaturderootherurdersrapidsuessionififurthergiveyoutherationthattheweaponwhichkilledadaotterbournewasarevolverownedbyonsieurandrewpenngton，thenperhapsyouwillrealizethatitisactuallyyourdutytotellallyoucan&ot;

jifanthorpwassilentforutesatlasthesaid:&ot;youhaveratheranoddwayofgogaboutthgs，onsieurpoirot，butiappreciatethepotsyouhaveadethetroubleisthatihavenoexactrationtolaybeforeyou&ot;

&ot;youanthatitisacase，rely，ofspicion&ot;

&ot;yes&ot;

&ot;andthereforeyouthkitjudiciotospeak?thataybetrue，legallyspeakgbutthisisnotaurtoflawlonelraceandyselfareendeavourgtotrackdownaurdereranythgthatcanhelptodoaybevaable&ot;

agajifanthorpreflectedthenhesaid:&ot;verywellwhatisityouwanttoknow?&ot;

&ot;whydidyoueonthistrip?&ot;

&ot;yuncle，rcari插el，rsdoyle&39;senglishlicitor，senthehandledagoodanyofheraffairsthisway，hewasoftenrrespondencewithrandrewpenngton，whowasrsdoyle&39;saricantrteeseveralsallcidents（icannotenuratetheall）adeyunclespiciothatallwasnotiteasitshouldbe&ot;

&ot;pnlangua，&ot;saidrace，&ot;yourunclespectedthatpenngtonwasacrook?&ot;

jifanthorpnodded，afatsileonhisface

&ot;youputitratherorebntlythanishould，buttheaideaisrrectvarioexcesadebypenngton，certaplaibleexplanationsofthedisposaloffunds，aroedyuncle&39;sdistrt

&ot;whilethesespicionsofhiswerestillnebulo，issridwayarriedunexpectedlyandwentoffonherhoneyoontoegyptherarriarelievedyuncle&39;sd，asheknewthatonherreturntoenglandtheestatewouldhavetobeforallysettledandhandedover