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shefollointothehall.
gdaleneped.shesaid:”oh,thisstbepoirotsiortantpurchase.isaputitdonoitis.”
shelookedfrootheotherofthegigglingalittle,buthereyesheaffectedgaietyofherwords.
lydiaseyebroustgoandh.”
gdalenesaid,stillustjustpeep”
sheunrolledthepieatioaredatthethinginherhand.
lydiastoppedandhildatoo.bothenstared.
gdalenesaidinapuzzledvoice:”itsafalseustache.butbutwhy”
hildasaiddoubtfully:”disguisebut”
lydiafihesenten.poirothasaveryfiacheofhisown”
gdalenead.oustache”
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thedrasheinginthroughthegardendoor.
hesaid:”ilynclaveoverhasthewillbeenread”
pilarsaid,herbreathingfast:”ihavegotnothingnothingatallitadenyyearsago.grandfatherlefther,butbeebutgoesba.”
stephensaid:”thatseeratherhardlines.”
pilarsaid:”ifthatoldnhadlived,headeanotherooalotofneyperhapsintiheealltheney”
stephensaid,sling:”thathavebeenveryfaireither,”
”heebest,thatisall.”
stephensaid:”agreedychildyouare.areallittlegolddigger.”
pilarsaidsoberly:”theedoselves.”
stephensaidslooretruethaniliketothink.butitisntquitetrue.alfredlee,forinstanbeingthhlytryingaing.”
pilarsup.
”alfred,”shesaid,”isratherafool.”
stephenlaughed.
thenhesaid:”olookafteryou,youknow.”
pilarsaiddisnsolately:”itusing,that.”
stephensaidsloafraiditetosouthafrica”
pilaodded.
stephensaid:”theressunthere,andspace.thereshardoo.areyougoodatwork,pilar”
pilarsaiddoubtfully:”idonotknow.”
hesaid:”youdrathersitonabalnyasouslyfatandhavethreedoubles”
pilarlaughedandstephensaid:”thatsbetter.ivedeyoulaugh.”
pilarsaid:”ithoughtishouldlaughthisasisverygay,thatosbuingraisinsandthereisapluuddingallinflas,andsothingthatiscalledayulelog.”
stephensaid:”ah,butyousthaveaeierday.itsherstoreroo”
heledherintoasllrooittlebiggerthanacupboard.
”look,pilar,boxesandboxesofcrackers,andpreservedfruitsandesanddatesandnuts.andhere”
”oh”pilarclaspedherhands.”theyarepretty,thesegoldandsilverballs.”
”thoseenallglitteringhfrosttoputonthediable.andhereareballoonsofeverylourallreadytoblowup”
”oh”pilarseyesshone.”ohd.idoloveballoons.”
stephensaid:”babyhere,hwillyouhave”
pilarsaid:”iwillhavearedone.”
theyselectedtheirballoonsandbleheircheeksdistended.pilarstoppedbloolaugh,andherballoondownagain.
shesaid:”youlooksofunnyblohyourcheekspuffedout.”
herlaughrangout.thenshefellto,blo,pattioandfro.
pilarsaid:”outinthehallthereoreroo”
theyealongthehall.heregardedthendulgently.
”soyouplaylesjeuxdenfantsitispretty,that”
pilarsaidbreathlessly:”heredoisbiggerthanhis.chbigger.ifookitoutsideitupinthesky.”
”letssendthepandephen.
”oh,yes,thatisagoodidea.”
pilarrantothegardendoor,stephenfolloebehind,stilllookingindulgent.
”ioney,”announcedpilar.
shestoodontiptoe,holdiringoftheballoon.ittuggedgentlyasapuffofe.pilarletgoanditfloatedalong,takenbythebreeze.
stephenlaughed.
”youstnttellyourwish.”
”no”
”becauseitdoesrue.nogoingtowish.”
hereleasedhisballoon.buthesolucky.itfloatedsideonahollybushandexpiredhabang.
pilarrantoit.
sheannouragically:”itisgone...”
then,asshestirredthelittleli.he,too,hadhadaballoon,onlyhisinkone.”
paveasharpexclation.pilartuedinquiringly.
poirotsaid:”itisnothing.istabbednostubbedthetoe.”
hethehouse.
hesaid:”sonyadeiselle,hasitseyesanditsears.itisindeedregrettablethattheenglisharesofondofopenwindows.”
lydiaydear,everythinghasbeeledquitesatisfactorily.alfredein”
theyelast.hewaslookinggrave.
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lunchwasover.
asthey,alfredsaidtopilar:”eintoroohereissothingitotalkoverhyou.”
heledhera.theothers.onlyheraihehalllookingthoughtfullyattheclosedstudydoor.
he.
poirotsaid:”yes,tressilian,isit”
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