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Ackroyd
had
not
been
poisoned
.
Still
,
it
was
odd
…
I
heard
Caroline
’
s
voice
,
rather
acid
in
tone
,
calling
from
the
top
of
the
stairs
.
"
James
,
you
will
be
late
for
dinner
.
"
I
put
some
coal
on
the
fire
and
went
upstairs
obediently
.
It
is
well
at
any
price
to
have
peace
in
the
home
.
A
joint
inquest
was
held
on
Monday
.
I
do
not
propose
to
give
the
proceedings
in
detail
.
To
do
so
would
only
be
to
go
over
the
same
ground
again
and
again
.
By
arrangement
with
the
police
,
very
little
was
allowed
to
come
out
.
I
gave
evidence
as
to
the
cause
of
Ackroyd
’
s
death
and
the
probable
time
.
The
absence
of
Ralph
Paton
was
commented
on
by
the
coroner
,
but
not
unduly
stressed
.
Afterwards
,
Poirot
and
I
had
a
few
words
with
Inspector
Raglan
.
The
inspector
was
very
grave
.
"
It
looks
bad
,
M
.
Poirot
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
’
m
trying
to
judge
the
thing
fair
and
square
.
I
’
m
a
local
man
,
and
I
’
ve
seen
Captain
Paton
many
times
in
Cranchester
.
I
’
m
not
wanting
him
to
be
the
guilty
one
–
but
it
’
s
bad
whichever
way
you
look
at
it
.
If
he
’
s
innocent
,
why
doesn
’
t
he
come
forward
?
We
’
ve
got
evidence
against
him
,
but
it
’
s
just
possible
that
the
evidence
could
be
explained
away
.
Then
why
doesn
’
t
he
give
an
explanation
?
"
A
lot
more
lay
behind
the
inspector
’
s
words
than
I
knew
at
the
time
.
Ralph
’
s
description
had
been
wired
to
every
port
and
railway
station
in
England
.
The
police
everywhere
were
on
the
alert
.
His
rooms
in
town
were
watched
,
and
any
houses
he
had
been
known
to
be
in
the
habit
of
frequenting
.
With
such
a
cordon
it
seemed
impossible
that
Ralph
should
be
able
to
evade
detection
.
He
had
no
luggage
,
and
,
as
far
as
anyone
knew
,
no
money
.
