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"
This
is
very
interesting
.
Miss
Caroline
,
"
said
Colonel
Carter
.
"
All
your
own
idea
,
eh
?
"
"
Well
,
not
exactly
.
I
’
ll
tell
you
about
it
.
You
know
that
big
map
of
the
county
we
have
in
the
hall
?
"
We
all
said
Yes
.
"
As
M
.
Poirot
was
going
out
the
other
day
,
he
stopped
and
looked
at
it
,
and
he
made
some
remark
–
I
can
’
t
remember
exactly
what
it
was
.
Something
about
Cranchester
being
the
only
big
town
anywhere
near
us
which
is
true
,
of
course
.
But
after
he
had
gone
–
it
came
to
me
suddenly
.
"
"
What
came
to
you
?
"
"
His
meaning
.
Of
course
Ralph
is
in
Cranchester
.
"
It
was
at
that
moment
that
I
knocked
down
the
rack
that
held
my
pieces
.
My
sister
immediately
reproved
me
for
clumsiness
,
but
half
-
heartedly
.
She
was
intent
on
her
theory
.
"
Cranchester
,
Miss
Caroline
?
"
said
Colonel
Carter
.
"
Surely
not
Cranchester
!
It
’
s
so
near
.
"
"
That
’
s
exactly
it
,
"
cried
Caroline
triumphantly
.
"
It
seems
quite
clear
by
now
that
he
didn
’
t
get
away
from
here
by
tram
.
He
must
simply
have
walked
into
Cranchester
.
And
I
believe
he
’
s
there
still
.
No
one
would
dream
of
his
being
so
near
at
hand
.
"
I
pointed
out
several
objections
to
the
theory
,
but
when
once
Caroline
has
got
something
firmly
into
her
head
,
nothing
dislodges
it
.
"
And
you
think
M
.
Poirot
has
the
same
idea
,
"
said
Miss
Gannett
thoughtfully
.
"
It
’
s
a
curious
coincidence
,
but
I
was
out
for
a
walk
this
afternoon
on
the
Cranchester
road
,
and
he
passed
me
in
a
car
coming
from
that
direction
.
"
We
all
looked
at
each
other
.
"
Why
,
dear
me
,
"
said
Miss
Gannett
suddenly
,
"
I
’
m
Mah
Jong
all
the
time
,
and
I
never
noticed
it
.
"
Caroline
’
s
attention
was
distracted
from
her
own
inventive
exercises
.
She
pointed
out
to
Miss
Gannett
that
a
hand
consisting
of
mixed
suits
and
too
many
Chows
was
hardly
worth
going
Mah
Jong
on
.
Miss
Gannett
listened
imperturbably
and
collected
her
counters
.
"
Yes
,
dear
,
I
know
what
you
mean
,
"
she
said
.
"
But
it
rather
depends
on
what
kind
of
a
hand
you
have
to
start
with
,
doesn
’
t
it
?
"
"
You
’
ll
never
get
the
big
hands
if
you
don
’
t
go
for
them
,
"
urged
Caroline
.
"
Well
,
we
must
all
play
our
own
way
,
mustn
’
t
we
?
"
said
Miss
Gannett
.
She
looked
down
at
her
counters
.
"
After
all
,
I
’
m
up
,
so
far
.
"
Caroline
,
who
was
considerably
down
,
said
nothing
.
East
Wind
passed
,
and
we
set
to
once
more
.
Annie
brought
in
the
tea
things
.
Caroline
and
Miss
Gannett
were
both
slightly
ruffled
as
is
often
the
case
during
one
of
these
festive
evenings
.
"
If
you
would
only
play
a
leetle
quicker
,
dear
,
"
said
Caroline
,
as
Miss
Gannett
hesitated
over
her
discard
.
"
The
Chinese
put
down
the
tiles
so
quickly
it
sounds
like
little
birds
pattering
.
"
For
some
minutes
we
played
like
the
Chinese
.
"
You
haven
’
t
contributed
much
to
the
sum
of
information
,
Sheppard
,
"
said
Colonel
Carter
genially
.
"
You
’
re
a
sly
dog
.
Hand
in
glove
with
the
great
detective
,
and
nut
a
hint
as
to
the
way
things
are
going
.
"
"
James
is
an
extraordinary
creature
,
"
said
Caroline
.
"
He
can
not
bring
himself
to
part
with
information
.
"
She
looked
at
me
with
some
disfavour
.
