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foreword
bycaptainarthurhastings,o.b.e.
inthisnarrativeofneihavedepartedfroyusualpracticeofrelatingonlythoseisandsesatyself.certainchapters,therefore,aretenihirdperson.
iyreadersthatidoountofaself.
innanandpersoeinaverydratie.
astothesolvingofthea.b.yopinionpoirotshoentirelyunlikeanyehisway.
chapter1
theletter
itehofroyranerionths.ithadbeenadiffiaheranch.
ineedhardlysaythatoneoffirstasonreagenglandyoldfriend,herculepoirot.
ifoundhinstallediheneaedthefaetricalappearandproportions.
”butyes,friend,itisofastpleasiry,doyounotfinditso”
isaidthatithoughtthereuldbetooodehostelrytheyoindustolaysquareeggs
poirotlaughedheartily.
”ah,youreerthatalasnostodetastes,theystilllayeggsofdifferentsizesandlours”
iexanedoldfriend.
”yourelookingile,poirot,”isaid.”youvehardlyagedatall.infact,ifithatyouhadfehan.”
poirotbeadon.
”andhatnotpossibleitisquitetrue.”
”doyouanyourhairistuingfroreytoblablacktogrey”
”precisely.”
”butsurelythatsastificiossibility”
”notatall.”
”butthatsveryextraordinary.itseeagainstnature.”
”asusual,hastings,youhavethebeautifulandunsuspiind.yearsdoionthesolutionofitinthesabreathhoutnotigthatyouaredoingso”
istaredathiuzzled.
houtaauede.
itookit,forthentunprehending.
itborethewords:
revivit.tbackthenaturaltohehair.
revivitisnotadye.infiveshades,ash,chestnut,titian,brok.
”poirot,”icried.”youhavedyedyourhair”
”ah,theprehensiooyou”
”sothatsuchblackerthanitdidlasttiik.”
”exactly.”
”dear,”isaid,reveringfroheshoeiehoishallfindyououstachesorareyoudoingsonow”
poirotoustacheshadal.ontheraw.
”no,no,indeed,na.thatday,ipraythegoodgod,isstillfaroff.thefalseustachesquellehorreur.”
hetuggedattheigorouslytoassureoftheirgenuinecharacter.
”heyareveryluxuriantstill,”isaid.
”ine.”
agoodjobtoo,ithoughtprivately.butiforthepoirotsfeelingsbysayingso.
insteadiaskedifhestillpracticedhisprofessiononoccasions.
”iknohatyouactuallyretiredyearsago.”
”ediatelyarderoselvestothedevil.andsinadonnaakespositivelythefareanes”
ilaughed.
”intruth,ithasbeenverylikethat.eaethingelsearisesandiitit,friend,theretirenticareforitnotatall.ifthelittlegreycellsarenotexercised,theygroherust.”
”isee,”isaid.”youexercisetheion.”
”pree.”
”hastherebeenchcreabout”
”pasl.notlongagoihadanarroape.”
”offailure”
”no,no.”poirotlookedshocked.”butii,herculepoirot,inated.”
iled.
”aerprisingrderer”
”notsoast.”
”indeed”isaid.”inways”
poirotdidnotansyquestioly.heon:
”assoonasiheardyouingoverisaidtoself:sothingerdaysustbenonaffair.itstbesothihingrecherdelicatefine...”he
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