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“
That
is
exactly
what
I
do
mean
—
granted
the
facts
were
placed
before
me
.
I
regard
myself
as
a
consulting
specialist
.
”
Japp
slapped
his
knee
.
“
Hanged
if
I
don
’
t
take
you
at
your
word
.
Bet
you
a
fiver
that
you
can
’
t
lay
your
hand
—
or
rather
tell
me
where
to
lay
my
hand
—
on
Mr
.
Davenheim
,
dead
or
alive
,
before
a
week
is
out
.
”
Poirot
considered
.
“
Eh
bien
,
mon
ami
,
I
accept
.
Le
sport
,
it
is
the
passion
of
you
English
.
Now
—
the
facts
.
”
“
On
Saturday
last
,
as
is
his
usual
custom
,
Mr
.
Davenheim
took
the
12
.
40
train
from
Victoria
to
Chingside
,
where
his
palatial
country
place
,
The
Cedars
,
is
situated
.
After
lunch
,
he
strolled
round
the
grounds
,
and
gave
various
directions
to
the
gardeners
.
Everybody
agrees
that
his
manner
was
absolutely
normal
and
as
usual
.
After
tea
he
put
his
head
into
his
wife
’
s
boudoir
,
saying
that
he
was
going
to
stroll
down
to
the
village
and
post
some
letters
.
He
added
that
he
was
expecting
a
Mr
.
Lowen
,
on
business
.
If
he
should
come
before
he
himself
returned
,
he
was
to
be
shown
into
the
study
and
asked
to
wait
.
Mr
.
Davenheim
then
left
the
house
by
the
front
door
,
passed
leisurely
down
the
drive
,
and
out
at
the
gate
,
and
—
was
never
seen
again
.
From
that
hour
,
he
vanished
completely
.
”
“
Pretty
—
very
pretty
—
altogether
a
charming
little
problem
,
”
murmured
Poirot
.
“
Proceed
,
my
good
friend
.
”
“
About
a
quarter
of
an
hour
later
a
tall
,
dark
man
with
a
thick
black
moustache
rang
the
front
-
door
bell
,
and
explained
that
he
had
an
appointment
with
Mr
.
Davenheim
.
He
gave
the
name
of
Lowen
,
and
in
accordance
with
the
banker
’
s
instructions
was
shown
into
the
study
.
Nearly
an
hour
passed
.
Mr
.
Davenheim
did
not
return
.
Finally
Mr
.
Lowen
rang
the
bell
,
and
explained
that
he
was
unable
to
wait
any
longer
,
as
he
must
catch
his
train
back
to
town
.
Mrs
.
Davenheim
apologized
for
her
husband
’
s
absence
,
which
seemed
unaccountable
,
as
she
knew
him
to
have
been
expecting
the
visitor
.
Mr
.
Lowen
reiterated
his
regrets
and
took
his
departure
.
“
Well
,
as
every
one
knows
,
Mr
.
Davenheim
did
not
return
.
Early
on
Sunday
morning
the
police
were
communicated
with
,
but
could
make
neither
head
nor
tail
of
the
matter
.
Mr
.
Davenheim
seemed
literally
to
have
vanished
into
thin
air
.
He
had
not
been
to
the
post
office
;
nor
had
he
been
seen
passing
through
the
village
.
At
the
station
they
were
positive
he
had
not
departed
by
any
train
.
His
own
motor
had
not
left
the
garage
.
If
he
had
hired
a
car
to
meet
him
in
some
lonely
spot
,
it
seems
almost
certain
that
by
this
time
,
in
view
of
the
large
reward
offered
for
information
,
the
driver
of
it
would
have
come
forward
to
tell
what
he
knew
.
True
,
there
was
a
small
race
-
meeting
at
Entfield
,
five
miles
away
,
and
if
he
had
walked
to
that
station
he
might
have
passed
unnoticed
in
the
crowd
.
But
since
then
his
photograph
and
a
full
description
of
him
have
been
circulated
in
every
newspaper
,
and
nobody
has
been
able
to
give
any
news
of
him
.
We
have
,
of
course
,
received
many
letters
from
all
over
England
,
but
each
clue
,
so
far
,
has
ended
in
disappointment
.
“
On
Monday
morning
a
further
sensational
discovery
came
to
light
.
Behind
a
portière
in
Mr
.
Davenheim
’
s
study
stands
a
safe
,
and
that
safe
had
been
broken
into
and
rifled
.
The
windows
were
fastened
securely
on
the
inside
,
which
seems
to
put
an
ordinary
burglary
out
of
court
,
unless
,
of
course
,
an
accomplice
within
the
house
fastened
them
again
afterwards
.
On
the
other
hand
,
Sunday
having
intervened
,
and
the
household
being
in
a
state
of
chaos
,
it
is
likely
that
the
burglary
was
committed
on
the
Saturday
,
and
remained
undetected
until
Monday
.
”
