Убийство на поле для гольфа
19. I Use My Grey Cells
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“Verycreditablesofar,mydearGiraud,”murmuredPoirot.“Especiallyafterthatclevertrickoftheirswiththematchandcigaretteend.”
Giraudglared,butcontinued:
“Amanmusthavebeenconnectedwiththecase,inordertodigthegrave.Thereisnomanwhoactuallybenefitsbythecrime,buttherewasamanwhothoughthewouldbenefit.IheardofJackRenauld’squarrelwithhisfather,andofthethreatsthathehadused.Themotivewasestablished.Nowastomeans.JackRenauldwasinMerlinvillethatnight.Heconcealedthefact—whichturnedsuspicionintocertainty.Thenwefoundasecondvictim—stabbedwiththesamedagger.Weknowwhenthatdaggerwasstolen.CaptainHastingsherecanfixthetime.JackRenauld,arrivingfromCherbourg,wastheonlypersonwhocouldhavetakenit.Ihaveaccountedforalltheothermembersofthehousehold.”
Poirotinterrupted:
“Youarewrong.Thereisoneotherpersonwhocouldhavetakenthedagger.”
“YourefertoM.Stonor?Hearrivedatthefrontdoor,inanautomobilewhichhadbroughthimstraightfromCalais.Ah,believeme,Ihavelookedintoeverything.M.JackRenauldarrivedbytrain.Anhourelapsedbetweenhisarrival,andthemomenthepresentedhimselfatthehouse.Withoutdoubt,hesawCaptainHastingsandhiscompanionleavetheshed,slippedinhimselfandtookthedagger,stabbedhisaccompliceintheshed—”
“Whowasalreadydead!”
Giraudshruggedhisshoulders.
“Possiblyhedidnotobservethat.Hemayhavejudgedhimtobesleeping.Withoutdoubttheyhadarendezvous.
