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On
Monday
Poirot
was
out
all
day
,
but
when
he
returned
in
the
evening
he
flung
himself
into
his
chair
with
a
sigh
of
satisfaction
.
“
Hastings
,
shall
I
recount
to
you
a
little
history
?
A
story
after
your
own
heart
and
which
will
remind
you
of
your
favourite
cinema
?
”
“
Go
ahead
,
”
I
laughed
.
“
I
presume
that
it
is
a
true
story
,
not
one
of
your
efforts
of
fancy
.
”
“
It
is
true
enough
.
Inspector
Japp
of
Scotland
Yard
will
vouch
for
its
accuracy
,
since
it
was
through
his
kind
offices
that
it
came
to
my
ears
.
Listen
,
Hastings
.
A
little
over
six
months
ago
some
important
Naval
plans
were
stolen
from
an
American
Government
department
.
They
showed
the
position
of
some
of
the
most
important
Harbour
defences
,
and
would
be
worth
a
considerable
sum
to
any
foreign
Government
—
that
of
Japan
,
for
example
.
Suspicion
fell
upon
a
young
man
named
Luigi
Valdarno
,
an
Italian
by
birth
,
who
was
employed
in
a
minor
capacity
in
the
Department
and
who
was
missing
at
the
same
time
as
the
papers
.
Whether
Luigi
Valdarno
was
the
thief
or
not
,
he
was
found
two
days
later
on
the
East
Side
in
New
York
,
shot
dead
.
The
papers
were
not
on
him
.
Now
for
some
time
past
Luigi
Valdarno
had
been
going
about
with
a
Miss
Elsa
Hardt
,
a
young
concert
singer
who
had
recently
appeared
and
who
lived
with
a
brother
in
an
apartment
in
Washington
.
Nothing
was
known
of
the
antecedents
of
Miss
Elsa
Hardt
,
and
she
disappeared
suddenly
about
the
time
of
Valdarno
’
s
death
.
There
are
reasons
for
believing
that
she
was
in
reality
an
accomplished
international
spy
who
has
done
much
nefarious
work
under
various
aliases
.
The
American
Secret
Service
,
whilst
doing
their
best
to
trace
her
,
also
kept
an
eye
upon
certain
insignificant
Japanese
gentlemen
living
in
Washington
.
They
felt
pretty
certain
that
,
when
Elsa
Hardt
had
covered
her
tracks
sufficiently
,
she
would
approach
the
gentlemen
in
question
.
One
of
them
left
suddenly
for
England
a
fortnight
ago
.
On
the
face
of
it
,
therefore
,
it
would
seem
that
Elsa
Hardt
is
in
England
.
”
Poirot
paused
,
and
then
added
softly
:
“
The
official
description
of
Elsa
Hardt
is
:
Height
5
ft
.
7
,
eyes
blue
,
hair
auburn
,
fair
complexion
,
nose
straight
,
no
special
distinguishing
marks
.
”
“
Mrs
.
Robinson
!
”
I
gasped
.
“
Well
,
there
is
a
chance
of
it
,
anyhow
,
”
amended
Poirot
.
“
Also
,
I
learn
that
a
swarthy
man
,
a
foreigner
of
some
kind
,
was
inquiring
about
the
occupants
of
No
.
4
only
this
morning
.
Therefore
,
mon
ami
,
I
fear
that
you
must
forswear
your
beauty
sleep
to
-
night
,
and
join
me
in
my
all
-
night
vigil
in
the
flat
below
—
armed
with
that
excellent
revolver
of
yours
,
bien
entendu
!
”
“
Rather
,
”
I
cried
with
enthusiasm
.
“
When
shall
we
start
?
”
“
The
hour
of
midnight
is
both
solemn
and
suitable
,
I
fancy
.
Nothing
is
likely
to
occur
before
then
.
