Убийство на поле для гольфа
22. I Find Love
IfshehaddinedinCalais,andthentakenatrainouttoMerlinville,shewouldhavearrivedattheVillaGenevièvejustaboutthetimethatFrançoisesaid.Whathadshedonewhensheleftthehousejustafterten?Presumablyeithergonetoanhotel,orreturnedtoCalais.Andthen?ThecrimehadbeencommittedonTuesdaynight.OnThursdaymorning,shewasoncemoreinMerlinville.HadsheeverleftFranceatall?Idoubteditverymuch.Whatkeptherthere—thehopeofseeingJackRenauld?Ihadtoldher(asatthetimewebelieved)thathewasonthehighseasenroutetoBuenosAyres.PossiblyshewasawarethattheAnzorahadnotsailed.ButtoknowthatshemusthaveseenJack.WasthatwhatPoirotwasafter?HadJackRenauld,returningtoseeMartheDaubreuil,comefacetofaceinsteadwithBellaDuveen,thegirlhehadheartlesslythrownover?
Ibegantoseedaylight.Ifthatwereindeedthecase,itmightfurnishJackwiththealibiheneeded.Yetunderthosecircumstanceshissilenceseemeddifficulttoexplain.Whycouldhenothavespokenoutboldly?DidhefearforthisformerentanglementofhistocometotheearsofMartheDaubreuil?Ishookmyhead,dissatisfied.Thethinghadbeenharmlessenough,afoolishboyandgirlaffair,andIreflectedcynicallythatthesonofamillionairewasnotlikelytobethrownoverbyapennilessFrenchgirl,whomoreoverlovedhimdevotedly,withoutamuchgravercause.
AltogetherIfoundtheaffairpuzzlingandunsatisfactory.
