Убийство Роджера Экройда

           ""YouthinkMajorBlunthassomethingtoconcealalso?""Asforthat,"remarkedPoirotnonchalantly,"thereisasaying,istherenot,thatEnglishmenconcealonlyonethingtheirlove?AndMajorBlunt,Ishouldsay,isnotgoodatconcealments.""Sometimes,"Isaid,"Iwonderifwehaven’tratherjumpedtoconclusionsononepoint.""Whatisthat?""We’veassumedthattheblackmailerofMrs.FerrarsisnecessarilythemurdererofMr.Ackroyd.Mightn’twebemistaken?"Poirotnoddedenergetically.

           "Verygood.Verygoodindeed.Iwonderedifthatideawouldcometoyou.Ofcourseitispossible.Butwemustrememberonepoint.Theletterdisappeared.Still,that,asyousay,maynotnecessarilymeanthatthemurderertookit.Whenyoufirstfoundthebody,Parkermayhaveabstractedtheletterunnoticedbyyou.""Parker?""Yes,Parker.IalwayscomebacktoParker–notasthemurderer–no,hedidnotcommitthemurder;butwhoismoresuitablethanheasthemysteriousscoundrelwhoterrorizedMrs.Ferrars?HemayhavegothisinformationaboutMr.Ferrars’sdeathfromoneoftheKing’sPaddockservants.Atanyrate,heismorelikelytohavecomeuponitthanacasualguestsuchasBlunt,forinstance.""Parkermighthavetakentheletter,"Iadmitted."Itwasn’ttilllaterthatInoticeditwasgone.""Howmuchlater?AfterBluntandRaymondwereintheroom,orbefore?""Ican’tremember,"Isaidslowly."Ithinkitwasbeforeno,afterwards.Yes,I’malmostsureitwasafterwards.