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"Allons!" he said "We must act at once Where is Mr Cavendish?"

John was in the sht to him

"Mr Cavendish, I have some important business in Tadminster A new clue May I take your motor?"

"Why, of course Do youthe bell, and ordered round the car In another ten h road to Tadnedly, "perhaps you will tell ood deal you can guess for yourself Of course you realize that, now Mr Inglethorp is out of it, the whole position is greatly changed We are face to face with an entirely new problem We kno that there is one person who did not buy the poison We have cleared away the manufactured clues Now for the real ones I have ascertained that anyone in the household, with the exception of Mrs Cavendish, as playing tennis with you, could have personated Mr Inglethorp on Monday evening In the same e have his statement that he put the coffee down in the hall No one took much notice of that at the inquest--but now it has a very different significance We lethorp eventually, or who passed through the hall whilst it was standing there From your account, there are only two people e can positively say did not go near the coffee--Mrs Cavendish, and Mademoiselle Cynthia"

"Yes, that is so" I felt an inexpressible lightening of the heart Mary Cavendish could certainly not rest under suspicion

"In clearing Alfred Inglethorp," continued Poirot, "I have been obliged to show ht to be pursuing hiuard Now, he will be doubly careful Yes--doubly careful" He turned to s, you yourself--have you no suspicions of anybody?"

I hesitated To tell the truth, an idea, wild and extravagant in itself, had once or twice that h my brain I had rejected it as absurd, nevertheless it persisted

"You couldn't call it a suspicion," I ed Poirot encouragingly "Do not fear Speak your mind You should always pay attention to your instincts"