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"Exactly," said Poirot dryly "And that was just what confir Mademoiselle Cynthia"

"But why should he shield her?"

"Because he is in love with her"

I laughed

"There, Poirot, you are quite wrong! I happen to know for a fact that, far fro in love with her, he positively dislikes her"

"Who told you that, mon ami?"

"Cynthia herself"

"La pauvre petite! And she was concerned?"

"She said that she did not mind at all"

"Then she certainly did mind very much," remarked Poirot "They are like that--les femmes!"