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           "Andyethe’swellknowndownhere,andyou’dthinksomebodywouldhavenoticedhim.There’snonewsfromLiverpooleither.""YouthinkhewenttoLiverpool?"queriedPoirot."Well,it’sonthecards.Thattelephonemessagefromthestation,justthreeminutesbeforetheLiverpoolexpressleftthereoughttobesomethinginthat.""Unlessitwasdeliberatelyintendedtothrowyouoffthescent.Thatmightjustpossiblybethepointofthetelephonemessage.""That’sanidea,"saidtheinspectoreagerly."Doyoureallythinkthat’stheexplanationofthetelephonecall?""Myfriend,"saidPoirotgravely,"Idonotknow.ButIwilltellyouthis:Ibelievethatwhenwefindtheexplanationofthattelephonecallweshallfindtheexplanationofthemurder.""Yousaidsomethinglikethatbefore,Iremember,"Iobserved,lookingathimcuriously.

           Poirotnodded.

           "Ialwayscomebacktoit,"hesaidseriously.

           "Itseemstomeutterlyirrelevant,"Ideclared.

           "Iwouldn’tsaythat,"demurredtheinspector."ButImustconfessIthinkMr.Poirothereharpsonitalittletoomuch.

           We’vebettercluesthanthat.Thefingerprintsonthedagger,forinstance."Poirotbecamesuddenlyveryforeigninmanner,asheoftendidwhenexcitedoveranything.

           "M.rinspecteur,"hesaid,"bewareoftheblind–theblindcommentdire?–thelittlestreetthathasnoendtoit."InspectorRaglanstared,butIwasquicker.