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Suddenly she took her face from her hands

"Yes," she said quietly, "that was not Evelyn Hoho spoke!" She flung her head up proudly "This is Evelyn Howard! And she is on the side of Justice! Let the cost be what it may" And with these words, she walked fir after her, "goes a very valuable ally That woot brains as well as a heart"

I did not reply

"Instinct is a ," nored"

"You and Miss Howard see about," I observed coldly "Perhaps you don't realize that I am still in the dark"

"Really? Is that so, hten me, will you?"

Poirot studied me attentively for a moment or two Then, to my intense surprise, he shook his head decidedly

"No, h for a secret"

"Well, I think it is very unfair to keep back facts fro back facts Every fact that I know is in your possession You can draw your own deductions from them This time it is a question of ideas"

"Still, it would be interesting to know"

Poirot looked at ain shook his head

"You see," he said sadly, "you have no instincts"

"It was intelligence you were requiring just now," I pointed out

"The two often go together," said Poirot enigmatically

The remark seemed so utterly irrelevant that I did not even take the trouble to answer it But I decided that if Iand important discoveries--as no doubt I should--I would keep them to myself, and surprise Poirot with the ultimate result

There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself