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Poirot
merely
smiled
.
We
re
-
entered
the
flat
to
find
the
local
inspector
of
police
had
arrived
with
two
constables
.
He
was
inclined
to
resent
our
appearance
,
but
Poirot
calmed
him
with
the
mention
of
our
Scotland
Yard
friend
,
Inspector
Japp
,
and
we
were
accorded
a
grudging
permission
to
remain
.
It
was
a
lucky
thing
we
were
,
for
we
had
not
been
back
five
minutes
before
an
agitated
middle
-
aged
man
came
rushing
into
the
room
with
every
appearance
of
grief
and
agitation
.
This
was
Graves
,
valet
-
butler
to
the
late
Count
Foscatini
.
The
story
he
had
to
tell
was
a
sensational
one
.
On
the
previous
morning
,
two
gentlemen
had
called
to
see
his
master
.
They
were
Italians
,
and
the
elder
of
the
two
,
a
man
of
about
forty
,
gave
his
name
as
Signor
Ascanio
.
The
younger
was
a
well
-
dressed
lad
of
about
twenty
-
four
.
Count
Foscatini
was
evidently
prepared
for
their
visit
and
immediately
sent
Graves
out
upon
some
trivial
errand
.
Here
the
man
paused
and
hesitated
in
his
story
.
In
the
end
,
however
,
he
admitted
that
,
curious
as
to
the
purport
of
the
interview
,
he
had
not
obeyed
immediately
,
but
had
lingered
about
endeavouring
to
hear
something
of
what
was
going
on
.
The
conversation
was
carried
on
in
so
low
a
tone
that
he
was
not
as
successful
as
he
had
hoped
;
but
he
gathered
enough
to
make
it
clear
that
some
kind
of
monetary
proposition
was
being
discussed
,
and
that
the
basis
of
it
was
a
threat
.
The
discussion
was
anything
but
amicable
.
In
the
end
,
Count
Foscatini
raised
his
voice
slightly
,
and
the
listener
heard
these
words
clearly
:
“
I
have
no
time
to
argue
further
now
,
gentlemen
.
If
you
will
dine
with
me
to
-
morrow
night
at
eight
o
’
clock
,
we
will
resume
the
discussion
.
”
Afraid
of
being
discovered
listening
,
Graves
had
then
hurried
out
to
do
his
master
’
s
errand
.
This
evening
the
two
men
had
arrived
punctually
at
eight
.
During
dinner
they
had
talked
of
indifferent
matters
—
politics
,
the
weather
,
and
the
theatrical
world
.
When
Graves
had
placed
the
port
upon
the
table
and
brought
in
the
coffee
his
master
told
him
that
he
might
have
the
evening
off
.
“
Was
that
a
usual
proceeding
of
his
when
he
had
guests
?
”
asked
the
inspector
.
