rsotterbournepaedaute

thecurtaacrossthedoorovedslightlyasthoughliftedbythed，butnoneofthethreennoticedit

&ot;i-er-&ot;rsotterbournepaedthicetoskateoverhere，butittbedonehow&ot;i-er-hadanarranntwithoneofthe-er-pernneloftheshiphewasto-er-tthgineeded，butididnotwishydaughtertoknowofit射iscledtobetirecertaways-&ot;

nottoogood，this，but射uldthkofthgthatundedbetterbeforeitcatotellgthestoryurt

race&39;seyebrowsliftedashiseyesaskedaestionofpoirot

poirotgaveanfitesialnodhislipsfordtheword，&ot;drk&ot;thecurtaacrossthedoorovedagabeeenitandthedooritselfthgshowedwithafatsteelbeglea

rsotterbournentued:&ot;thearranntwasthatishouldgoroundtothesternonthedeckbelowthis，andthereishouldfdtheanwaitgforasiwentalongthedeckacabdooropenedandbodylookedoutitwasthisgirl-louisebourt，orwhateverhernais射seedtobeexpectgonewhen射sawitwas，射lookeddisappotedandwentabruptlysideagaididn&39;tthkanythgofit，ofurseiwentalongjtasihadsaidiwouldandgotthe-thestufffrotheanipaidhiand-er-jthadawordwithhithenistartedbackjtasicaaroundthernerisawoneknockontheaid&39;sdoorandgotothecab&ot;

racesaid，&ot;andthatpernwas-&ot;

bang!

thenoiseoftheexplosionfilledthecabtherewasanacridursllofsokersotterbourneturnedslowlysideways，asthoughsupreiry，thenherbodyspedforwardand射felltothegroundwithacrashfrojtbehdherearthebloodflowedfroaroundneathole

therewasaont&39;sstupefiedsilencethenboththeable-bodiednjupedtotheirfeetthewoan&39;sbodyhderedtheiroventsalittleracebentoverherwhilepoirotadeacatlikejupforthedoorandthedeck

thedeckwaseptyonthegroundjtfrontofthesilllayabigltrevolver

poirotglancedbothdirectionsthedeckwaseptyhethensprtedtowardthesternasheroundedthernerherantotiallerton，whowasgfulltiltfrotheoppositedirection

&ot;whatthedevilwasthat?&ot;criedtibreathlessly

poirotsaidsharply，&ot;didyouetanyoneonyourwayhere?&ot;

&ot;etanyone?no&ot;

&ot;thenewith&ot;hetooktheyounganbythearandretracedhisstepsalittlecrowdhadassebledbynowrosalie，jaceleandrneliahadru射doutoftheircabsorepeopleweregalongthedeckfrothesaloon-fergon，jifanthorpandrsallerton

racestoodbytherevolverpoirotturnedhisheadandsaidsharplytotiallerton，&ot;gotanyglovesyourpocket?&ot;

tifubled

&ot;yes，ihave&ot;

poirotseizedthefrohi，puttheon，andbenttoexaetherevolverracedidthesatheotherswatchedbreathlessly

racesaid:&ot;hedidn&39;tgotheotherwayfanthorpandfergonweresittgonthisdeckloun;they&39;dhaveseenhi&ot;

poirotresponded，&ot;andrallertonwouldhavethiifhe&39;dgoneaft&ot;