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III. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

           

           Attwelveo’clockprecisely,wecreptcautiouslyintothecoal-liftandloweredourselvestothesecondfloor.UnderPoirot’smanipulation,thewoodendoorquicklyswunginwards,andweclimbedintotheflat.Fromthescullerywepassedintothekitchenwhereweestablishedourselvescomfortablyintwochairswiththedoorintothehallajar.

           “Nowwehavebuttowait,”saidPoirotcontentedly,closinghiseyes.

           Tome,thewaitingappearedendless.Iwasterrifiedofgoingtosleep.JustwhenitseemedtomethatIhadbeenthereabouteighthours—andhad,asIfoundoutafterwards,inrealitybeenexactlyonehourandtwentyminutes—afaintscratchingsoundcametomyears.Poirot’shandtouchedmine.Irose,andtogetherwemovedcarefullyinthedirectionofthehall.Thenoisecamefromthere.Poirotplacedhislipstomyear.

           “Outsidethefrontdoor.Theyarecuttingoutthelock.WhenIgivetheword,notbefore,falluponhimfrombehindandholdhimfast.Becareful,hewillhaveaknife.”

           Presentlytherewasarendingsound,andalittlecircleoflightappearedthroughthedoor.Itwasextinguishedimmediatelyandthenthedoorwasslowlyopened.PoirotandIflattenedourselvesagainstthewall.Iheardaman’sbreathingashepassedus.Thenheflashedonhistorch,andashedidso,Poirothissedinmyear:

           “Allez.”

           Wesprangtogether,Poirotwithaquickmovementenvelopedtheintruder’sheadwithalightwoollenscarfwhilstIpinionedhisarms.Thewholeaffairwasquickandnoiseless.

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