Убийство на поле для гольфа
24. “Save Him!”
Icontinued,choosingmywordscarefully,“WeknowthatthedaggercouldnothavebeeninJackRenauld’spossessionthatevening.Mrs.Renauldknowsthat.”
“True,”saidStonor.“Whensherecovers,shewilldoubtlesssayallthisandmore.Well,Imustbeleavingyou.”
“Onemoment.”Poirot’shandarrestedhisdeparture.“CanyouarrangeforwordtobesenttomeatonceshouldMadameRenauldrecoverconsciousness?”
“Certainly.That’seasilydone.”
“Thatpointaboutthedaggerisgood,Poirot,”Iurgedaswewentupstairs.“Icouldn’tspeakveryplainlybeforeStonor.”
“Thatwasquiterightofyou.Wemightaswellkeeptheknowledgetoourselvesaslongaswecan.Astothedagger,yourpointhardlyhelpsJackRenauld.YourememberthatIwasabsentforanhourthismorning,beforewestartedfromLondon?”
“Yes?”
“Well,IwasemployedintryingtofindthefirmJackRenauldemployedtoconverthissouvenirs.Itwasnotverydifficult.Ehbien,Hastings,theymadetohisordernottwopaper-knives,butthree.”
“Sothat—?”
“Sothat,aftergivingonetohismother,andonetoBellaDuveen,therewasathirdwhichhedoubtlessretainedforhisownuse.No,Hastings,Ifearthedaggerquestionwillnothelpustosavehimfromtheguillotine.”
“Itwon’tcometothat,”Icried,stung.
Poirotshookhisheaduncertainly.
“Youwillsavehim,”Icriedpositively.
Poirotglancedatmedryly.
“Haveyounotrendereditimpossible,monami?”
“Someotherway,”Imuttered.
“Ah!Sapristi!Butitismiraclesyouaskfromme.No—saynomore.
