We had a good yarn about old times, and it ended in his inviting me down to Styles to spend my leave there.
Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story. This, we trust, will effectually silence the sensational rumours which still persist.
I will therefore briefly set down the circumstances which led to my being connected with the affair.
at random. The following is a facsimile of it.
apparently at random. The following is a facsimile
detained under suspicion
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there you are—she is her own mistress,
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