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Then
I
was
afraid
he
might
not
wait
there
patiently
,
and
I
ran
out
and
left
a
piece
of
paper
to
say
I
would
be
there
about
ten
minutes
past
nine
.
I
didn
t
want
the
servants
to
see
me
,
so
I
slipped
out
through
the
drawing
-
room
window
.
As
I
came
back
,
I
met
Dr
Sheppard
,
and
I
fancied
that
he
would
think
it
queer
.
I
was
out
of
breath
,
for
I
had
been
running
.
I
had
no
idea
that
he
was
expected
to
dinner
that
night
.
"
She
paused
.
"
Go
on
,
"
said
Poirot
.
"
You
went
out
to
meet
him
at
ten
minutes
past
nine
.
What
did
you
say
to
each
other
?
"
"
It
s
difficult
.
You
see
-
"
"
Mademoiselle
,
"
said
Poirot
,
interrupting
her
,
"
in
this
matter
I
must
have
the
whole
truth
.
What
you
tell
us
need
never
go
beyond
these
four
walls
.
Dr
Sheppard
will
be
discreet
,
and
so
shall
I
.
See
,
I
will
help
you
.
This
Charles
Kent
,
he
is
your
son
,
is
he
not
?
"
She
nodded
.
The
colour
had
flamed
into
her
cheeks
.
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"
No
one
has
ever
known
.
It
was
long
ago
long
ago
down
in
Kent
.
I
was
not
married
"
"
So
you
took
the
name
of
the
county
as
a
surname
for
him
.
I
understand
.
"
"
I
got
work
.
I
managed
to
pay
for
his
board
and
lodging
.
I
never
told
him
that
I
was
his
mother
.
But
he
turned
out
badly
,
he
drank
,
then
took
to
drugs
.
I
managed
to
pay
his
passage
out
to
Canada
.
I
didn
t
hear
of
him
for
a
year
or
two
.
Then
,
somehow
or
other
,
he
found
out
that
I
was
his
mother
.
He
wrote
asking
me
for
money
.
Finally
,
I
heard
from
him
back
in
this
country
again
.
He
was
coming
to
see
me
at
Fernly
,
he
said
.
I
dared
not
let
him
come
to
the
house
.
I
have
always
been
considered
so
so
very
respectable
.
If
anyone
got
an
inkling
it
would
have
been
all
up
with
my
post
as
housekeeper
.
So
I
wrote
to
him
in
the
way
I
have
just
told
you
.
"
"
And
in
the
morning
you
came
to
see
Dr
Sheppard
?
"
"
Yes
.
I
wondered
if
something
could
be
done
.
He
was
not
a
bad
boy
before
he
took
to
drugs
.
"
"
I
see
,
"
said
Poirot
.
"
Now
let
us
go
on
with
the
story
.
He
came
that
night
to
the
summerhouse
?
"
"
Yes
,
he
was
waiting
for
me
when
I
got
there
.
He
was
very
rough
and
abusive
.
I
had
brought
with
me
all
the
money
I
had
,
and
I
gave
it
to
him
.
We
talked
a
little
,
and
then
he
went
away
.
"
"
What
time
was
that
?
"
"
It
must
have
been
between
twenty
and
twenty
-
five
minutes
past
nine
.
It
was
not
yet
half
-
past
when
I
got
back
to
the
house
.
"
"
Which
way
did
he
go
?
"
"
Straight
out
the
same
way
he
came
,
by
the
path
that
joined
the
drive
just
inside
the
lodge
gates
.
"
Poirot
nodded
.
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"
And
you
,
what
did
you
do
?
"
"
I
went
back
to
the
house
.
Major
Blunt
was
walking
up
and
down
the
terrace
smoking
,
so
I
made
a
detour
to
get
round
to
the
side
door
.
It
was
just
then
on
half
-
past
nine
,
as
I
tell
you
.
"
Poirot
nodded
again
.
He
made
a
note
or
two
in
a
microscopic
pocketbook
.
"
I
think
that
is
all
,
"
he
said
thoughtfully
.
"
Ought
I
-
?
"
she
hesitated
.
"
Ought
I
to
tell
all
this
to
Inspector
Raglan
?
"
"
It
may
come
to
that
.
But
let
us
not
be
in
a
hurry
.
Let
us
proceed
slowly
,
with
due
order
and
method
.
Charles
Kent
is
not
yet
formally
charged
with
murder
.
Circumstances
may
arise
which
will
render
your
story
unnecessary
.
"
Miss
Russell
rose
.