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“
I
have
been
,
not
a
triple
imbecile
,
but
thirty
-
six
times
one
,
my
friend
,
”
he
deigned
to
remark
.
“
Now
,
behold
!
”
Going
straight
to
the
desk
,
he
drew
out
the
key
,
and
detached
the
envelope
from
it
.
I
stared
at
him
stupidly
.
How
could
he
possibly
hope
to
find
a
big
will
-
form
in
that
tiny
envelope
?
With
great
care
he
cut
open
the
envelope
,
laying
it
out
flat
.
Then
he
lighted
the
fire
and
held
the
plain
inside
surface
of
the
envelope
to
the
flame
.
In
a
few
minutes
faint
characters
began
to
appear
.
“
Look
,
mon
ami
!
”
cried
Poirot
in
triumph
.
I
looked
.
There
were
just
a
few
lines
of
faint
writing
stating
briefly
that
he
left
everything
to
his
niece
,
Violet
Marsh
.
It
was
dated
March
25
,
12
.
30
p
.
m
.
,
and
witnessed
by
Albert
Pike
,
confectioner
,
and
Jessie
Pike
,
married
woman
.
“
But
is
it
legal
?
”
I
gasped
.
“
As
far
as
I
know
,
there
is
no
law
against
writing
your
will
in
a
blend
of
disappearing
and
sympathetic
ink
.
The
intention
of
the
testator
is
clear
,
and
the
beneficiary
is
his
only
living
relation
.
But
the
cleverness
of
him
!
He
foresaw
every
step
that
a
searcher
would
take
—
that
I
,
miserable
imbecile
,
took
.
He
gets
two
will
-
forms
,
makes
the
servants
sign
twice
,
then
sallies
out
with
his
will
written
on
the
inside
of
a
dirty
envelope
and
a
fountain
-
pen
containing
his
little
ink
mixture
On
some
excuse
he
gets
the
confectioner
and
his
wife
to
sign
their
names
under
his
own
signature
,
then
he
ties
it
to
the
key
of
his
desk
and
chuckles
to
himself
.
If
his
niece
sees
through
his
little
ruse
,
she
will
have
justified
her
choice
of
life
and
elaborate
education
,
and
be
thoroughly
welcome
to
his
money
.
”
“
She
didn
’
t
see
through
it
,
did
she
?
”
I
said
slowly
.
“
It
seems
rather
unfair
.
The
old
man
really
won
.
”
“
But
no
,
Hastings
.
It
is
your
wits
that
go
astray
.
Miss
Marsh
proved
the
astuteness
of
her
wits
and
the
value
of
the
higher
education
for
women
by
at
once
putting
the
matter
in
my
hands
.
Always
employ
the
expert
.
She
has
amply
proved
her
right
to
the
money
.
”
I
wonder
—
I
very
much
wonder
—
what
old
Andrew
Marsh
would
have
thought
!
