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‘M. Poirot!’ she said. ‘Now, what do you think of that?’

I thought a good many things of it, but I was careful not to say them to Caroline.

‘Why did he come?’ I asked.

‘To see me, of course. He said that, knowing my brother so well, he hoped he might be permitted to make the acquaintance of his charming sister – your charming sister, I’ve got mixed up – but you know what I mean.’

‘What did he talk about?’ I asked.

‘He told me a lot about himself and his cases. You know that Prince Paul of Mauretania – the one who’s just married a dancer?’

‘Yes?’

‘I saw a most intriguing paragraph about her in Society Snippets the other day, hinting that she was really a russian grand duchess – one of the czar’s daughters who managed to escape from the Bolsheviks. Well, it seems that M. Poirot solved a baffling murder mystery that threatened to involve them both. Prince Paul was beside himself with gratitude.’

‘Did he give him an emerald tie pin the size of a plover’s egg?’ I inquired sarcastically.

‘He didn’t mention it. Why?’