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"
I
thought
,
doctor
,
that
you
might
put
it
to
M
.
Poirot
explain
it
,
you
know
–
because
it
’
s
so
difficult
for
a
foreigner
to
see
our
point
of
view
.
And
you
don
’
t
know
–
nobody
could
know
–
what
I
’
ve
had
to
contend
with
.
A
martyrdom
–
a
long
martyrdom
.
That
’
s
what
my
life
has
been
.
I
don
’
t
like
to
speak
ill
of
the
dead
–
but
there
it
is
.
Not
the
smallest
bill
but
it
had
all
to
be
gone
over
–
just
as
though
Roger
had
had
a
few
miserly
hundreds
a
year
instead
of
being
(
as
Mr
.
Hammond
told
me
yesterday
)
one
of
the
wealthiest
men
in
these
parts
.
"
Mrs
.
Ackroyd
paused
to
dab
her
eyes
with
the
frilled
handkerchief
.
"
Yes
,
"
I
said
encouragingly
.
"
You
were
talking
about
bills
?
"
"
Those
dreadful
bills
.
And
some
I
didn
’
t
like
to
show
Roger
at
all
.
They
were
things
a
man
wouldn
’
t
understand
.
He
would
have
said
the
things
weren
’
t
necessary
.
And
of
course
they
mounted
up
,
you
know
,
and
they
kept
coming
on
"
She
looked
at
me
appealingly
,
as
though
asking
me
to
condole
with
her
on
this
striking
peculiarity
.
"
It
’
s
a
habit
they
have
,
"
I
agreed
.
And
the
tone
altered
–
became
quite
abusive
.
"
I
assure
you
,
doctor
,
I
was
becoming
a
nervous
wreck
.
I
couldn
’
t
sleep
at
nights
.
And
a
dreadful
fluttering
round
the
heart
.
And
then
I
got
a
letter
from
a
Scotch
gentleman
–
as
a
matter
of
fact
there
were
two
letters
–
both
Scotch
gentlemen
.
Mr
.
Bruce
MacPherson
was
one
,
and
the
other
was
Colin
MacDonald
.
Quite
a
coincidence
.
"
"
Hardly
that
,
"
I
said
drily
.
"
They
are
usually
Scotch
gentlemen
,
but
I
suspect
a
Semitic
strain
in
their
ancestry
.
"
"
Ten
pounds
to
ten
thousand
on
note
of
hand
alone
,
"
murmured
Mrs
.
Ackroyd
reminiscently
.
"
I
wrote
to
one
of
them
,
but
it
seemed
there
were
difficulties
.
"
She
paused
.
I
gathered
that
we
were
just
coming
to
delicate
ground
.
I
have
never
known
anyone
more
difficult
to
bring
to
the
point
.
"
You
see
,
"
murmured
Mrs
.
Ackroyd
,
"
it
’
s
all
a
question
of
expectations
,
"
isn
’
t
it
?
Testamentary
expectations
.
And
though
,
of
course
,
I
expected
that
Roger
would
provide
for
me
,
I
didn
’
t
know
.
I
thought
that
if
only
I
could
glance
over
a
copy
of
his
will
–
not
in
any
sense
of
vulgar
prying
–
but
just
so
that
I
could
make
my
own
arrangements
.
"
She
glanced
sideways
at
me
.
The
position
was
now
very
delicate
indeed
.
Fortunately
words
,
ingeniously
used
,
will
serve
to
mask
the
ugliness
of
naked
facts
.
"
I
could
only
tell
this
to
you
,
dear
Doctor
Sheppard
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Ackroyd
rapidly
.
"
I
can
trust
you
not
to
misjudge
me
,
and
to
represent
the
matter
in
the
right
light
to
M
.
Poirot
.
It
was
on
Friday
afternoon
"
She
came
to
a
stop
and
swallowed
uncertainly
.
