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Then
Hardman
's
story
of
being
called
in
by
Ratchett
--
a
lie
,
of
course
,
from
beginning
to
end
--
the
description
of
the
mythical
'
small
dark
man
with
a
womanish
voice
,
'
a
convenient
description
,
since
it
had
the
merit
of
not
incriminating
any
of
the
actual
Wagon
Lit
conductors
and
would
apply
equally
well
to
a
man
or
a
woman
.
"
The
idea
of
stabbing
is
at
first
sight
a
curious
one
,
but
on
reflection
nothing
would
fit
the
circumstances
so
well
.
A
dagger
was
a
weapon
that
could
be
used
by
everyone
--
strong
or
weak
--
and
it
made
no
noise
.
I
fancy
,
though
I
may
be
wrong
,
that
each
person
in
turn
entered
Ratchett
's
darkened
compartment
through
that
of
Mrs.
Hubbard
--
and
struck
!
They
themselves
would
never
know
which
blow
actually
killed
him
.
"
The
final
letter
which
Ratchett
had
probably
found
on
his
pillow
was
carefully
burnt
.
With
no
clue
pointing
to
the
Armstrong
case
,
there
would
be
absolutely
no
reason
for
suspecting
any
of
the
passengers
on
the
train
.
It
would
be
put
down
as
an
outside
job
,
and
the
'
small
dark
man
with
the
womanish
voice
'
would
actually
have
been
seen
by
one
or
more
of
the
passengers
leaving
the
train
at
Brod
.
"
I
do
not
know
exactly
what
happened
when
the
conspirators
discovered
that
that
part
of
their
plan
was
impossible
owing
to
the
accident
to
the
train
.
There
was
,
I
imagine
,
a
hasty
consultation
,
and
then
they
decided
to
go
through
with
it
.
It
was
true
that
now
one
and
all
of
the
passengers
were
bound
to
come
under
suspicion
,
but
that
possibility
had
already
been
foreseen
and
provided
for
.
The
only
additional
thing
to
be
done
was
to
confuse
the
issue
even
further
.
Two
so-called
'
clues
'
were
dropped
in
the
dead
man
's
compartment
--
one
incriminating
Colonel
Arbuthnot
(
who
had
the
strongest
alibi
and
whose
connection
with
the
Armstrong
family
was
probably
the
hardest
to
prove
)
and
the
second
clue
,
the
handkerchief
,
incriminating
Princess
Dragomiroff
,
who
by
virtue
of
her
social
position
,
her
particularly
frail
physique
and
the
alibi
given
her
by
her
maid
and
the
conductor
,
was
practically
in
an
unassailable
position
.
Further
to
confuse
the
issue
,
a
'
red
herring
'
was
drawn
across
the
trail
--
the
mythical
woman
in
the
red
kimono
.
Again
I
am
to
bear
witness
to
this
woman
's
existence
.
There
is
a
heavy
bang
at
my
door
.
I
get
up
and
look
out
--
and
see
the
scarlet
kimono
disappearing
in
the
distance
.
A
judicious
selection
of
people
--
the
conductor
,
Miss
Debenham
and
MacQueen
--
will
also
have
seen
her
.
It
was
,
I
think
,
someone
with
a
sense
of
humour
who
thoughtfully
placed
the
scarlet
kimono
on
the
top
of
my
suitcase
whilst
I
was
interviewing
people
in
the
dining
car
.
Where
the
garment
came
from
in
the
first
place
I
do
not
know
.
I
suspect
it
is
the
property
of
Countess
Andrenyi
,
since
her
luggage
contained
only
a
chiffon
negligée
so
elaborate
as
to
be
more
a
tea
gown
than
a
dressing
gown
.
"
When
MacQueen
first
learned
that
the
letter
which
had
been
so
carefully
burnt
had
in
part
escaped
destruction
,
and
that
the
word
Armstrong
was
exactly
the
word
remaining
,
he
must
at
once
have
communicated
his
news
to
the
others
.
It
was
at
this
minute
that
the
position
of
Countess
Andrenyi
became
acute
and
her
husband
immediately
took
steps
to
alter
the
passport
.
It
was
their
second
piece
of
bad
luck
!
"
They
one
and
all
agreed
to
deny
utterly
any
connection
with
the
Armstrong
family
.
They
knew
I
had
no
immediate
means
of
finding
out
the
truth
,
and
they
did
not
believe
that
I
should
go
into
the
matter
unless
my
suspicions
were
aroused
against
one
particular
person
.
"
Now
there
was
one
further
point
to
consider
.
Allowing
that
my
theory
of
the
crime
was
the
correct
one
,
and
I
believe
that
it
must
be
the
correct
one
,
then
obviously
the
Wagon
Lit
conductor
himself
must
be
privy
to
the
plot
.
But
if
so
,
that
gave
us
thirteen
persons
,
not
twelve
.
Instead
of
the
usual
formula
,
'
Of
so
many
people
one
is
guilty
,
'
I
was
faced
with
the
problem
that
of
thirteen
persons
one
and
one
only
was
innocent
.
Which
was
that
person
?
"
I
came
to
a
very
odd
conclusion
.
I
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
person
who
had
taken
no
part
in
the
crime
was
the
person
who
would
be
considered
the
most
likely
to
do
so
.
I
refer
to
Countess
Andrenyi
.
I
was
impressed
by
the
earnestness
of
her
husband
when
he
swore
to
me
solemnly
on
his
honour
that
his
wife
never
left
her
compartment
that
night
.
I
decided
that
Count
Andrenyi
took
,
so
to
speak
,
his
wife
's
place
.
