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"

If

so

,

then

Pierre

Michel

was

definitely

one

of

the

twelve

.

But

how

could

one

explain

his

complicity

?

He

was

a

decent

man

who

had

been

many

years

in

the

employ

of

the

Company

--

not

the

kind

of

man

who

could

be

bribed

to

assist

in

a

crime

.

Then

Pierre

Michel

must

be

involved

in

the

Armstrong

case

.

But

that

seemed

very

improbable

.

Then

I

remembered

that

the

dead

nurserymaid

was

French

.

Supposing

that

that

unfortunate

girl

had

been

Pierre

Michel

's

daughter

.

That

would

explain

everything

--

it

would

also

explain

the

place

chosen

for

the

staging

of

the

crime

.

Were

there

any

others

whose

part

in

the

drama

was

not

clear

?

Colonel

Arbuthnot

I

put

down

as

a

friend

of

the

Armstrongs

.

They

had

probably

been

through

the

war

together

.

The

maid

,

Hildegarde

Schmidt

,

I

could

guess

her

place

in

the

Armstrong

household

.

I

am

,

perhaps

,

overgreedy

,

but

I

sense

a

good

cook

instinctively

.

I

laid

a

trap

for

her

--

she

fell

into

it

.

I

said

I

knew

she

was

a

good

cook

.

She

answered

,

'

Yes

,

indeed

,

all

my

ladies

have

said

so

.

'

But

if

you

are

employed

as

a

lady

's

maid

your

employers

seldom

have

a

chance

of

learning

whether

or

not

you

are

a

good

cook

.

"

Then

there

was

Hardman

.

He

seemed

quite

definitely

not

to

belong

to

the

Armstrong

household

.

I

could

only

imagine

that

he

had

been

in

love

with

the

French

girl

.

I

spoke

to

him

of

the

charm

of

foreign

women

--

and

again

I

obtained

the

reaction

I

was

looking

for

.

Sudden

tears

came

into

his

eyes

,

which

he

pretended

were

dazzled

by

the

snow

.

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"

There

remains

Mrs.

Hubbard

.

Now

Mrs.

Hubbard

,

let

me

say

,

played

the

most

important

part

in

the

drama

.

By

occupying

the

compartment

communicating

with

that

of

Ratchett

she

was

more

open

to

suspicion

than

anyone

else

.

In

the

nature

of

things

she

could

not

have

an

alibi

to

fall

back

upon

.

To

play

the

part

she

played

--

the

perfectly

natural

,

slightly

ridiculous

American

fond

mother

--

an

artist

was

needed

.

But

there

was

an

artist

connected

with

the

Armstrong

family

--

Mrs.

Armstrong

's

mother

--

Linda

Arden

,

the

actress

...

"

He

stopped

.

Then

,

in

a

soft

rich

dreamy

voice

,

quite

unlike

the

one

she

had

used

all

the

journey

,

Mrs.

Hubbard

said

:

"

I

always

fancied

myself

in

comedy

parts

.

"

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She

went

on

still

dreamily

:

"

That

slip

about

the

sponge

bag

was

silly

.

It

shows

you

should

always

rehearse

properly

.

We

tried

it

on

the

way

out

--

I

was

in

an

even

number

compartment

then

,

I

suppose

.

I

never

thought

of

the

bolts

being

in

different

places

.

"

She

shifted

her

position

a

little

and

looked

straight

at

Poirot

.

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