rosaliecaughtherbreathsharplypoirotwaswatchghernarrowlyhesawalarandthgore-nsternation-showforauteorohereyes

&ot;adadoyle&39;saidhasbeenkilled，&ot;hetoldthebntly

&ot;killed?&ot;criedjacele&ot;killed，doyousay?&ot;

&ot;yes，thatiswhatisaid&ot;

thoughhisanswerwasnoallytoher，itwasrosaliewhohewatcheditwasrosalietowhohespokeashewenton:&ot;yousee，thisaid射sawthg射wasnottendedtoseeand-射wassilenced，case射shouldnotholdhertongue&ot;

&ot;whatwasit射saw?&ot;

agaitwasjacelewhoasked，andagapoirot&39;sanswerwastorosalieitwasanoddlittlethree-rneredscene

&ot;thereis，ithk，verylittledoubtwhatitwas射saw，&ot;saidpoirot&ot;射sawoneenterandleaveldoyle&39;scabonthatfatalnight&ot;

hisearswereickheheardthesharptakeofbreathandsawtheeyelidsflickerrosalieotterbournehadreactedjtashehadtended射should

&ot;did射saywhoitwas射saw?&ot;rosalieasked

ntly-regretfully-poirotshookhishead

footstepspatteredupthedeckitwasrneliarobn，hereyeswideandstartled

&ot;oh，jacele，&ot;射cried，&ot;thgawfulhashappened!anotherdreadfulthg!&ot;

jaceleturnedtohertheoovedafewstepsforwardalostunnsciolypoirotandrosalieotterbourneovedtheotherdirection

rosaliesaidsharply:&ot;whydoyoulookat?whathaveyougotyourd?&ot;

&ot;thatisoestionsyouaskiwillaskyouonlyonereturnwhydoyounottellallthetruth，adeoiselle?&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tknowwhatyouanitoldyou-everythg-thisorng&ot;

&ot;no，therewerethgsyoudidnottellyoudidnottellthatyoucarryaboutyourhandbagasall-calibrepistolwithapearlhandleyoudidnottellallthatyousawlastnight&ot;

射f射dthen射saidsharply:&ot;it&39;siteuntrueihaven&39;tgotarevolver&ot;

&ot;ididnotsayarevolverisaidasallpistolthatyoucarryaboutyourhandbag&ot;

射wheeledround，dartedtohercabandoutagaandthrthergreyleatherhandbagtohishands

&ot;you&39;retalkgnonsenselookforyourselfifyoulike&ot;

poirotopenedthebagtherewasnopistolside

hehandedthebagbacktoher，etghersrnful，triuphantglance

&ot;no，&ot;hesaidpleasantly&ot;itisnotthere&ot;