射paed，thensaidwithalittlesile:&ot;youdidyourbestfor，youknowthatnightatassuan-youtoldnottoopenyhearttoevildidyourealizethenwhatwasyd?&ot;

heshookhishead

&ot;ionlyknewthatwhatisaidwastrue&ot;

&ot;itwastrueiuldhavesped，then，youknowinearlydidiuldhavetoldsionthatiwouldn&39;tgoonwithitbutthenperhaps-&ot;

射brokeoff射said:&ot;wouldyouliketohearaboutit?frothebegng?&ot;

&ot;ifyoucaretotell，adeoiselle&ot;

&ot;ithkiwanttotellyouitwasallverysiplereallyyousee，sionandilovedeachother&ot;

itwasaatter-of-factstatent，yet，underneaththelightnessofhertone，therewereechoes

poirotsaidsiply，&ot;andforyoulovewouldhavebeenenough，butnotforhi&ot;

&ot;youightputitthatway，perhapsbutyoudon&39;titeunderstandsionyousee，he&39;salwayswantedoneydreadfullyhelikesallthethgsyoutwithoney-horsesandyachtsandsport-nicethgs，allofthe，thgsaanoughttobekeenaboutandhe&39;dneverbeenabletohaveanyofthehe&39;sawfullysiple，sionishewantsthgsjtasachildwantsthe-youknow-terribly

&ot;allthesahenevertriedtoarryanybodyrichandhorridhewasn&39;tthatrtandthenwet-and-andthatrtofsettledthgsonlywedidn&39;tseewhenwe&39;dbeabletoarryhe&39;dhadratheradecentjob，buthe&39;dlostitawayitwashisownfaulthetriedtodothgsartoveroney，andgotfoundoutatonceidon&39;tbelievehereallyanttobedishonesthejtthoughtitwasthertofthgpeopledidthecity&ot;

aflickerpassedoverherlistener&39;sface，butheguardedhistongue

&ot;therewewere，upagastit;andthenithoughtoflandhernewuntryhoe，andiru射dofftoheryouknow，onsieurpoirot，ilovedl，reallyidid射wasybestfriend，andineverdreadthatanythgwouldeverebeeenijtthoughthowckyitwas射wasrichitightakeallthedifferencetoandsionif射&39;dgivehiajoband射wasawfullysweetaboutitandtoldtobrgsiondowntoseeheritwasaboutthenyousawthatnightatchezatantewewereakgwhoopee，althoughweuldn&39;treallyaffordit&ot;

射paed，sighed，thenwenton:&ot;whati&39;gogtosaynowisitetrue，onsieurpoiroteventhoughlisdead，itdoesn&39;talterthetruththat&39;swhyi&39;notreallyrryabouther，evennow射wentallouttotsionawayfrothat&39;stheabtetruth!idon&39;tthk射evenhesitatedfororethanaboutauteiwasherfriend，but射didn&39;tcare射jtwentbald-headedforsion

&ot;andsiondidn&39;tcareadanabouther!italkedalottoyouaboutglaour，butofursethatwasn&39;ttruehedidn&39;twantlhethoughthergood-lookgbutterriblybossy，andhehatedbossywon!thewholethgebarrassedhifrightfullybuthedidlikethethoughtofheroney

&ot;ofurseisawthatandatlastisugstedtohithatitightbeagoodthgifhe-gotridofandarriedlbuthesrnedtheideahesaid，oneyornooney，itwouldbehelltobearriedtoherhesaidhisideaofhavgoneywastohaveithiself-nottohavearichwifeholdgthepursestrgs&39;i&39;dbeakdofdanedprcenrt，&39;hesaidtohesaid，too，thathedidn&39;twantanyonebut

&ot;ithkiknowwhentheideacatohisheadhesaidoneday，&39;ifi&39;danyck，i&39;darryherand射&39;ddieaboutayearandleavealltheboodle&39;andthenaeerstartledlookcatohiseyesthatwaswhenhefirstthoughtofit

&ot;hetalkedaboutitagooddeal，onewayandanother-abouthownvenientitwouldbeifldiedisaiditwasanawfulidea，andthenheshutupaboutitthen，oneday，ifoundhireadgupallaboutarsenicitaxedhiwithitthen，andhelaughedandsaid:&39;nothgventure，nothghave!it&39;sabouttheonlytiylifeishallbeneartotouchgafatlotofoney&39;

&ot;afterabitisawthathe&39;dadeuphisdandiwasterrified-siplyterrifiedbecae，yousee，irealizedthathe&39;dneverpullitoffhe&39;schildishlysiplehe&39;dhavenokdofsubtletyaboutit-andhe&39;sgotnoiagationhewouldprobablyhavejtbundarsenictoherandassudthedoctorwouldsay射&39;ddiedofgastritishealwaysthoughtthgswouldgoright

&ot;ihadtoetoit，too，tolookafterhi&ot;

射saiditverysiplybutpletegoodfaithpoirothadnodoubtwhateverthatherotivehadbeenexactlywhat射saiditwas射herselfhadnotvetedlridway&39;soney，but射hadlovedsiondoyle，hadlovedhibeyondreanandbeyondrectitudeandbeyondpity

&ot;ithoughtandithought-trygtoworkoutaplanitseedtothatthebasisoftheideaoughttobeakdofo-handedalibiyouknow-ifsionandiuldhoworothergiveevidenceagasteachother，butactuallythatevidencewouldclearofeverythgitwouldbeeasyenoughfortopretendtohatesionitwasitealikelythgtohappenunderthecircustancesthen，iflwaskilled，ishouldprobablybespected，itwouldbebetterifiwasspectedrightawayweworkedoutdetailslittlebylittleiwantedittobethat，ifanythgwentwrong，they&39;dtandnotsionbutsionwasworriedabout