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Poirot
and
I
were
expecting
our
old
friend
Inspector
Japp
of
Scotland
Yard
to
tea
.
We
were
sitting
round
the
tea
-
table
awaiting
his
arrival
.
Poirot
had
just
finished
carefully
straightening
the
cups
and
saucers
which
our
landlady
was
in
the
habit
of
throwing
,
rather
than
placing
,
on
the
table
.
He
had
also
breathed
heavily
on
the
metal
teapot
,
and
polished
it
with
a
silk
handkerchief
.
The
kettle
was
on
the
boil
,
and
a
small
enamel
saucepan
beside
it
contained
some
thick
,
sweet
chocolate
which
was
more
to
Poirot
’
s
palate
than
what
he
described
as
“
your
English
poison
.
”
A
sharp
“
rat
-
tat
”
sounded
below
,
and
a
few
minutes
afterwards
Japp
entered
briskly
.
“
Hope
I
’
m
not
late
,
”
he
said
as
he
greeted
us
.
“
To
tell
the
truth
,
I
was
yarning
with
Miller
,
the
man
who
’
s
in
charge
of
the
Davenheim
case
.
”
I
pricked
up
my
ears
.
For
the
last
three
days
the
papers
had
been
full
of
the
strange
disappearance
of
Mr
.
Davenheim
,
senior
partner
of
Davenheim
and
Salmon
,
the
well
-
known
bankers
and
financiers
.
On
Saturday
last
he
had
walked
out
of
his
house
,
and
had
never
been
seen
since
.
I
looked
forward
to
extracting
some
interesting
details
from
Japp
.
“
I
should
have
thought
,
”
I
remarked
,
“
that
it
would
be
almost
impossible
for
anyone
to
‘
disappear
’
nowadays
.
”
Poirot
moved
a
plate
of
bread
and
butter
the
eighth
of
an
inch
,
and
said
sharply
:
“
Be
exact
,
my
friend
.
What
do
you
mean
by
‘
disappear
’
?
To
which
class
of
disappearance
are
you
referring
?
”
“
Are
disappearances
classified
and
labelled
,
then
?
”
I
laughed
.
Japp
smiled
also
.
Poirot
frowned
at
us
both
.
“
But
certainly
they
are
!
They
fall
into
three
categories
:
First
,
and
most
common
,
the
voluntary
disappearance
.
Second
,
the
much
abused
‘
loss
of
memory
’
case
—
rare
,
but
occasionally
genuine
.
Third
,
murder
,
and
a
more
or
less
successful
disposal
of
the
body
.
Do
you
refer
to
all
three
as
impossible
of
execution
?
”
“
Very
nearly
so
,
I
should
think
.
You
might
lose
your
own
memory
,
but
some
one
would
be
sure
to
recognize
you
—
especially
in
the
case
of
a
well
-
known
man
like
Davenheim
.
Then
‘
bodies
’
can
’
t
be
made
to
vanish
into
thin
air
.
Sooner
or
later
they
turn
up
,
concealed
in
lonely
places
,
or
in
trunks
.
Murder
will
out
.
In
the
same
way
,
the
absconding
clerk
,
or
the
domestic
defaulter
,
is
bound
to
be
run
down
in
these
days
of
wireless
telegraphy
.
He
can
be
headed
off
from
foreign
countries
;
ports
and
railway
stations
are
watched
;
and
,
as
for
concealment
in
this
country
,
his
features
and
appearance
will
be
known
to
every
one
who
reads
a
daily
newspaper
.
He
’
s
up
against
civilization
.
”
