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"
So
we
get
a
step
further
in
our
description
of
the
murderer
–
a
person
who
had
the
opportunity
to
take
these
shoes
of
Ralph
Paton
’
s
from
the
Three
Boars
that
day
.
"
He
paused
,
and
then
said
,
with
a
slightly
raised
voice
:
"
There
is
one
further
point
.
The
murderer
must
have
been
a
person
who
had
the
opportunity
to
purloin
that
dagger
from
the
silver
table
.
You
might
argue
that
anyone
in
the
house
might
have
done
so
,
but
I
will
recall
to
you
that
Flora
Ackroyd
was
very
positive
that
the
dagger
was
not
there
when
she
examined
the
silver
table
.
"
He
paused
again
.
"
Let
us
recapitulate
–
now
that
all
is
clear
A
person
who
was
at
the
Three
Boars
earlier
that
day
,
a
person
who
knew
Ackroyd
well
enough
to
know
that
he
had
purchased
a
dictaphone
,
a
person
who
was
of
a
mechanical
turn
of
mind
,
who
had
the
opportunity
to
take
the
dagger
from
the
silver
table
before
Miss
Flora
arrived
,
who
had
with
him
a
receptacle
suitable
for
hiding
the
dictaphone
–
such
as
a
black
bag
,
and
who
had
the
study
to
himself
for
a
few
minutes
after
the
crime
was
discovered
while
Parker
was
telephoning
for
the
police
.
In
fact
–
Dr
Sheppard
!
’
There
was
a
dead
silence
for
a
minute
and
a
half
.
Then
I
laughed
.
"
You
’
re
mad
,
"
I
said
.
"
No
,
"
said
Poirot
placidly
.
"
I
am
not
mad
.
It
was
the
little
discrepancy
in
time
that
first
drew
my
attention
to
you
–
right
at
the
beginning
.
"
"
Discrepancy
in
time
?
"
I
queried
,
puzzled
.
"
But
yes
.
You
will
remember
that
everyone
agreed
–
you
yourself
included
–
that
it
took
five
minutes
to
walk
from
the
lodge
to
the
house
–
less
if
you
took
the
short
cut
to
the
terrace
.
But
you
left
the
house
at
ten
minutes
to
nine
–
both
by
your
own
statement
and
that
of
Parker
,
and
yet
it
was
nine
o
’
clock
when
you
passed
through
the
lodge
gates
.
It
was
a
chilly
night
–
not
an
evening
a
man
would
be
inclined
to
dawdle
;
why
had
you
taken
ten
minutes
to
do
a
five
minutes
"
walk
?
All
along
I
realized
that
we
had
only
your
statement
for
it
that
the
study
window
was
ever
fastened
.
Ackroyd
asked
you
if
you
had
done
so
–
he
never
looked
to
see
.
Supposing
,
then
,
that
the
study
window
was
unfastened
?
Would
there
be
time
in
that
ten
minutes
for
you
to
run
round
the
outside
of
the
house
,
change
your
shoes
,
climb
in
through
the
window
,
kill
Ackroyd
,
and
get
to
the
gate
by
nine
o
’
clock
?
I
decided
against
that
theory
since
in
all
probability
a
man
as
nervous
as
Ackroyd
was
that
night
would
hear
you
climbing
in
,
and
then
there
would
have
been
a
struggle
.
But
supposing
that
you
killed
Ackroyd
before
you
left
–
as
you
were
standing
beside
his
chair
?
Then
you
go
out
of
the
front
door
,
run
round
to
the
summer
-
house
,
take
Ralph
Paton
’
s
shoes
out
of
the
bag
you
brought
up
with
you
that
night
,
slip
them
on
,
walk
through
the
mud
in
them
,
and
leave
prints
on
the
window
ledge
,
you
climb
in
,
lock
the
study
door
on
the
inside
,
run
back
to
the
summer
-
house
,
change
back
into
your
own
shoes
,
and
race
down
to
the
gate
.
(
I
went
through
similar
actions
the
other
day
,
when
you
were
with
Mrs
.
Ackroyd
–
it
took
ten
minutes
exactly
.
)
Then
home
–
and
an
alibi
–
since
you
had
timed
the
dictaphone
for
half
-
past
nine
.
"
"
My
dear
Poirot
,
"
I
said
in
a
voice
that
sounded
strange
and
forced
to
my
own
ears
,
"
you
’
ve
been
brooding
over
this
case
too
long
.
What
on
earth
had
I
to
gain
by
murdering
Ackroyd
?
"
"
Safety
.
It
was
you
who
blackmailed
Mrs
.
Ferrars
.
Who
could
have
had
a
better
knowledge
of
what
killed
Mr
.
Ferrars
than
the
doctor
who
was
attending
him
?
When
you
spoke
to
me
that
first
day
in
the
garden
,
you
mentioned
a
legacy
received
about
a
year
ago
.
I
have
been
unable
to
discover
any
trace
of
a
legacy
.
You
had
to
invent
some
way
of
accounting
for
Mrs
.
Ferrars
’
s
twenty
thousand
pounds
.
It
has
not
done
you
much
good
.
You
lost
most
of
it
in
speculation
–
then
you
put
the
screw
on
too
hard
,
and
Mrs
.
Ferrars
took
a
way
out
that
you
had
not
expected
.
If
Ackroyd
had
learnt
the
truth
he
would
have
had
no
mercy
on
you
–
you
were
ruined
for
ever
.
"
"
And
the
telephone
call
?
"
I
asked
,
trying
to
rally
.
"
You
have
a
plausible
explanation
of
that
also
,
I
suppose
?
"
"
I
will
confess
to
you
that
it
was
my
greatest
stumbling
block
when
I
found
that
a
call
had
actually
been
put
through
to
you
from
King
’
s
Abbot
station
.
I
at
first
believed
that
you
had
simply
invented
the
story
.
It
was
a
very
clever
touch
,
that
.
You
must
have
some
excuse
for
arriving
at
Fernly
,
finding
the
body
,
and
so
getting
the
chance
to
remove
the
dictaphone
on
which
your
alibi
depended
.
I
had
a
very
vague
notion
of
how
it
was
worked
when
I
came
to
see
your
sister
that
first
day
and
inquired
as
to
what
patients
you
had
seen
on
Friday
morning
.
I
had
no
thought
of
Miss
Russell
in
my
mind
at
that
time
.
Her
visit
was
a
lucky
coincidence
,
since
it
distracted
your
mind
from
the
real
object
of
my
questions
.
I
found
what
I
was
looking
for
.
Among
your
patients
that
morning
was
the
steward
of
an
American
liner
.
Who
more
suitable
than
he
to
be
leaving
for
Liverpool
by
the
train
that
evening
?
And
afterwards
he
would
be
on
the
high
seas
,
well
out
of
the
way
.
I
noted
that
the
Orion
sailed
on
Saturday
,
and
having
obtained
the
name
of
the
steward
I
sent
him
a
wireless
message
asking
a
certain
question
.
This
is
his
reply
you
saw
me
receive
just
now
.
"
He
held
out
the
message
to
me
.
It
ran
as
follows
:
"
Quite
correct
.
Dr
Sheppard
asked
me
to
leave
a
note
at
a
patient
’
s
house
.
I
was
to
ring
him
up
from
the
station
with
the
reply
.
Reply
was
"
No
answer
.
"
"
"
It
was
a
clever
idea
,
"
said
Poirot
.
"
The
call
was
genuine
.
Your
sister
saw
you
take
it
