Chapter 17 AN ARISTOCRATIC GENTLEMAN"You have been to the Riviera before, Georges?" said Poirot to his valet the following morning.George wa...
Chapter 16 POIROT DISCUSSES THE CASEEverybody looked respectfully at Poirot.Undoubtedly the little man had scored heavily. The Commissary laughed - on...
Chapter 15 THE COMTE DE LA ROCHEVan Aldin read the letter through in silence. His face turned a dull angry crimson. The men watching him saw the veins...
Chapter 14 ADA MASON'S STORY"I cannot repeat to you often enough, Monsieur, our horror, our consternation, and the deep sympathy we feel for ...
Chapter 13 VAN ALDIN GETS A TELEGRAMOn the afternoon of the 15th February a thick yellow fog had settled down on London.Rufus Van Aldin was in his sui...
Chapter 12 AT THE VILLA MARGUERITE"Then you were really in the thick of it all!" said Lady Tamplin enviously. "My dear, how thrilling!&...
Chapter 11 MURDERKatherine wakened the next morning to brilliant sunshine. She went along to breakfast early, but met none of her acquaintances of the...
Chapter 10 ON THE BLUE TRAIN"Dad!"Mrs Kettering started violently. Her nerves were not completely under control this morning. Very perfectly...
Chapter 9 AN OFFER REFUSEDIt was rarely that Derek Kettering allowed his temper to get the better of him. An easygoing insouciance was his chiefcharac...
Chapter 8 LADY TAMPLIN WRITES A LETTER"Well," said Lady Tamplin, "well."She laid down the continental Daily Mail and stared out ac...