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"I have no authority to go through these papers But it should be done--at once!"

He then made a very careful exa the room to the left-hand , a round stain, hardly visible on the dark brown carpet, seemed to interest hi itso far as to smell it

Finally, he poured a few drops of the coco into a test tube, sealing it up carefully His next proceeding was to take out a little notebook

"We have found in this roo busily, "six points of interest Shall I enumerate them, or will you?"

"Oh, you," I replied hastily

"Very well, then One, a coffee-cup that has been ground into powder; two, a despatch-case with a key in the lock; three, a stain on the floor"

"That o," I interrupted

"No, for it is still perceptibly dareen fabric--only a thread or two, but recognizable"

"Ah!" I cried "That hat you sealed up in the envelope"

"Yes It lethorp's own dresses, and quite uniesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table "It ood house-paper and a hot iron One of my best hats once--but that is not to the point"

"It was very likely done last night We were very agitated Or perhaps Mrs Inglethorp herself dropped her candle"

"You brought only one candle into the roo it But he was very upset He see over here"--I indicated the mantelpiece--"that absolutely paralysed hi," said Poirot quickly "Yes, it is suggestive"--his eye sweeping the whole length of the wall-- "but it was not his candle that rease; whereas Monsieur Lawrence's candle, which is still on the dressing-table, is pink On the other hand, Mrs Inglethorp had no candlestick in the roo-lamp"

"Then," I said, "what do you deduce?"

To whichme to use my own natural faculties