&ot;rosalie?yes，yes-射isgood-lookgbut射&39;sveryhard，onsieurpoirotandnosypathywithillness射alwaysthks射knowsbest射iages射knowsoreaboutyhealththanidoyself-&ot;

poirotsignalledtoapassgwaiter

&ot;alieur，ada?a插rtree?acrédenthe?&ot;

rsotterbourneshookherheadvigoroly

&ot;no，noiapracticallyatee-totalleryouayhavenoticedineverdrkanythgbutwater-orperhapsleonadeicannotbearthetasteofspirits&ot;

&ot;thenayiorderyoualeonsash，ada?&ot;

hegavetheorder-oneleonsashandonebenedicte

thesgdoorrevolvedrosaliepassedthroughandcatowardthe，abookherhand

&ot;hereyouare，&ot;射saidhervoicewasiteexpressionless-alostrearkably

&ot;onsieurpoirothasjtorderedaleonsash，&ot;saidherother

&ot;andyou，adeoiselle，whatwillyoutake?&ot;

&ot;nothg&ot;射added，suddenlynscioofthecurtness，&ot;nothg，thankyou&ot;

poirottookthevowhichrsotterbourneheldouttohiitstillboreitsorigaljacket，agailylouredaffairrepresentgalady，withsartlyshgledhairandscarletfrnails，sittgonatirsk，thetraditionalstuofeveaboveherwasatreewiththeleavesofanoak，bearglarandiprobablylouredapples

itwasentitledunderthefigtree，bysalootterbourneonthesidewasapubli射r&39;sbrbitspokeenthiasticallyofthesuperburaandrealisofthisstudyofaodernwoan&39;slovelife&ot;fearless，unnventional，realistic，&ot;weretheadjectivesed

poirotbowedandurured，&ot;iahonoured，ada&ot;

asheraisedhishead，hiseyestthoseoftheauthoress&39;sdaughteralostvontarilyheadealittleoventhewasastoni射dandgrievedattheeloentpatheyrevealed

itwasatthatontthatthedrksarrivedandcreatedawelediversionpoirotliftedhisglassgallantly

&ot;avotresanté，ada-adeoiselle&ot;

rsotterbourne，sippgherleonade，urured，&ot;refreshg-delicio!&ot;

silencefellonthethreeofthetheylookeddowntotheshgblackrockstheniletherewasthgfantasticaboutthetheoonlighttheywerelikevastprehistoriconsterslyghalfoutofthewateralittlebreezecaupsuddenlyandassuddenlydiedawaytherewasafeelgtheairofhh-ofexpectancy

herculepoirotbroughthisgazebacktotheterraceanditsoupantswashewrong，orwastherethesahhofexpectancythere?itwaslikeaontonthestawhenoneiswaitgfortheentranceoftheleadgladyandjtatthatontthesgdoorsbegantorevolveonceorethistiitseedasthoughtheydidwithaspecialairofiportanceeveryonehadspedtalkgandwaslookgtowardthe

adarkslendergirlaelouredevengfrockcathrough射paedforaute，thenwalkeddeliberatelyacrosstheterraceandsatdownataneptytabletherewasnothgflauntg，nothgoutofthewayaboutherdeanour，andyetithadhowthestudiedeffectofastaentrance

&ot;well，&ot;saidrsotterbourne射tossedherturbanedhead&ot;射seestothk射isbody，thatgirl!&ot;

poirotdidnotanswerhewaswatchgthegirlhadsatdownaplacewhere射uldlookdeliberatelyacrossatldoylepresently，poirotnoticed，ldoyleleantforwardandsaidthgandaontlatergotupand插ndherseat射wasnowsittgfacgtheoppositedirection

poirotnoddedthoughtfullytohiself

itwasaboutfiveuteslaterthattheothergirl插ndherseattotheoppositesideoftheterrace射satsokgandsilgietly，thepictureofntentedeasebutalways，asthoughunnscioly，herditativegazewasonsiondoyle&39;swife

afteraarterofanhourldoylegotupabruptlyandwenttothehotelherhbandfollowedheralostidiately

jaceledebellefortsiledandistedher插irround射litacigaretteandstaredoutoverthenile射wentonsilgtoherself

插pter3

&ot;onsieurpoirot&ot;

poirotgothastilytohisfeethehadreaedsittgoutontheterracealoneaftereveryoneelsehadleftlostditationhehadbeenstargatthesoothshyblackrockswhentheundofhisnarecalledhitohiselfitwasawell-bred，assuredvoice，a插rgvoice，althoughperhapsatriflearrogant

herculepoirot，risgickly，lookedtotheandgeyesofldoyle射woreawrapofrichpurplevelvetoverherwhitesatgownand射lookedorelovelyandoreregalthanpoirothadiagedpossible

&ot;youareonsieurherculepoirot?&ot;saidl

itwashardlyaestion

&ot;atyourservice，ada&ot;

&ot;youknowwhoia，perhaps?&ot;

&ot;yes，adaihaveheardyournaiknowexactlywhoyouare&ot;lnoddedthatwasonlywhat射hadexpected射wenton，her插rgautocraticanner:&ot;willyouewithtothecardroo，onsieurpoirot?iaveryanxiotospeaktoyou&ot;

&ot;certaly，ada&ot;

射ledthewaytothehotelhefollowed射ledhitothedesertedcardrooandotionedhitoclosethedoorthen射sankdownona插iratoneofthetablesandhesatdownoppositeher射pndstraightawaytowhat射wantedtosaytherewerenohesitationsherspeechcaflogly