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"
Not
at
all
.
I
regard
the
probabilities
.
Hardman
is
travelling
with
a
false
passport
--
that
will
at
once
make
him
an
object
of
suspicion
.
The
first
thing
that
the
police
will
do
when
they
do
arrive
upon
the
scene
is
to
detain
Hardman
and
cable
as
to
whether
his
account
of
himself
is
true
.
In
the
case
of
many
of
the
passengers
,
to
establish
their
bona
fides
will
be
difficult
;
in
most
cases
it
will
probably
not
be
attempted
,
especially
since
there
seems
nothing
in
the
way
of
suspicion
attaching
to
them
.
But
in
Hardman
's
case
it
is
simple
.
Either
he
is
the
person
he
represents
himself
to
be
or
he
is
not
.
Therefore
I
say
that
all
will
prove
to
be
in
order
.
"
"
You
acquit
him
of
suspicion
?
"
"
Not
at
all
.
You
misunderstand
me
.
For
all
I
know
,
any
American
detective
might
have
his
own
private
reasons
for
wishing
to
murder
Ratchett
.
No
,
what
I
am
saying
is
that
I
think
we
can
accept
Hardman
's
own
account
of
himself
.
This
story
,
then
,
that
he
tells
of
Ratchett
's
seeking
him
out
and
employing
him
,
is
not
unlikely
and
is
most
probably
,
though
not
of
course
certainly
,
true
.
If
we
are
going
to
accept
it
as
true
,
we
must
see
if
there
is
any
confirmation
of
it
.
We
find
it
in
rather
an
unlikely
place
--
in
the
evidence
of
Hildegarde
Schmidt
.
Her
description
of
the
man
she
saw
in
Wagon
Lit
uniform
tallies
exactly
.
Is
there
any
further
confirmation
of
these
two
stories
?
There
is
.
There
is
the
button
found
in
her
compartment
by
Mrs.
Hubbard
.
And
there
is
also
another
corroborating
statement
which
you
may
not
have
noticed
.
"
"
What
is
that
?
"
"
The
fact
that
both
Colonel
Arbuthnot
and
Hector
MacQueen
mention
that
the
conductor
passed
their
carriage
.
They
attached
no
importance
to
the
fact
,
but
Messieurs
,
Pierre
Michel
has
declared
that
he
did
not
leave
his
seat
except
on
certain
specified
occasions
,
none
of
which
would
take
him
down
to
the
far
end
of
the
coach
past
the
compartment
in
which
Arbuthnot
and
MacQueen
were
sitting
.
"
Therefore
this
story
,
the
story
of
a
small
dark
man
with
a
womanish
voice
dressed
in
Wagon
Lit
uniform
,
rests
on
the
testimony
--
direct
or
indirect
--
of
four
witnesses
.
"
"
One
small
point
,
"
said
Dr.
Constantine
.
"
If
Hildegarde
Schmidt
's
story
is
true
,
how
is
it
that
the
real
conductor
did
not
mention
having
seen
her
when
he
came
to
answer
Mrs.
Hubbard
's
bell
?
"
"
That
is
explained
,
I
think
.
When
he
arrived
to
answer
Mrs.
Hubbard
,
the
maid
was
in
with
her
mistress
.
When
she
finally
returned
to
her
own
compartment
,
the
conductor
was
in
with
Mrs.
Hubbard
.
"
