Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie

Author:Agatha Christie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - Mystery, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Suspense, Women Sleuths, English, Traditional British, Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
ISBN: 9780312981655
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2002-06-20T07:57:27.708000+00:00

HAVE YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT?

"Par ici, Madame."

A tall woman in a mink coat followed her heavily encumbered porter along the platform of the Gare de Lyon.

She wore a dark brown knitted hat pulled down over one eye and ear. The other side revealed a charming tip-tilted profile and little golden curls clustering over a shell-like ear. Typically an American, she was altogether a very charming-looking creature and more than one man turned to look at her as she walked past the high carriages of the waiting train.

Large plates were stuck in holders on the sides of the carriages.

PARIS - ATHENS. PARIS - BUCHAREST. PARIS - STAMBOUL.

At the last named the porter came to an abrupt halt. He undid the strap which held the suitcases together and they slipped heavily to the ground. "Voici, Madame."

The wagon-lit conductor was standing beside the steps. He came forward, remarking, "Bonsoir, Madame," with an empressement perhaps due to the richness and perfection of the mink coat.

The woman handed him her sleeping-car ticket of flimsy paper.

"Number Six," he said; "this way."

He sprang nimbly into the train, the woman following him. As she hurried down the corridor after him, she nearly collided with a portly gentleman who was emerging from the compartment next to hers. She had a momentary glimpse of a large bland face with benevolent eyes.

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