Hercule Poirot's Casebook by Agatha Christie

Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]
Format: epub, azw3, mobi, pdf
Tags: Crime & mystery
ISBN: 9780006177425
Publisher: Fontana
Published: 1989-05-01T07:51:54.625000+00:00

was. Tell me, what ev/dence did you ever have that Douglas

Gold was in love with Valentine Chantry? When you come to

think it out, you will realize that there was only Mrs Gold's

confidences Chantry's jealous bluster. Yes? You see?'

'It's horrible,' cried Pamela.

'They were a clever pair,' said Poirot with professional

detachment. 'They planned to "meet" here and stage their

crime. That Marjorie Gold, she is a cold-blooded devil! She

would have sent her poor, innocent fool of a husband to the

scaffold without the least remorse.'

Pamela cried out:

'But he was arrested and taken away by the police last night.'

'Ah,' said Hercule Poirot, 'but after that, me, I had a few

little words with the police. It is true that I did not see Chantry

put the stropanthin in the glass. I, like everyone else, looked up

when the ladies came in. But the moment I realized that

Valentine Chantry had been poisoned, I watched her husband

without taking my eyes offhim. And so, you see, I actually saw

him slip the packet of stropanthin in Douglas Gold's coat

pocket...'

He added with a grim expression on his face:

'I am a good witness. My name is well known. The moment

the police heard my story they realized that it put an entirely

different complexion on the matter.'

'AA then?' demanded Pamela, fascinated.

'Eh b/eh, then they asked Commander Chantry a few

questions. He tried to bluster it out, but he is not really clever,

he soon broke down.'

'So Douglas Gold was set at liberty?'

.

'Yes.'

'And - Marorie Gold?'

Poirot's face grew stero.

'I warned her,' he said. 'Yes, I warned her ... Up on the

Mount of the Prophet... It was the only chance of averting the

crime. I as good as told her that I suspected her. She

understood. But she believed herself too clever... I told her m

leave the island if she valued her life. She chose - to remain...'

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