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"Yes, I can't help doing that. I am always watching--always hoping I shall be
proved wrong."
"If we are wrong, well and good," said Poirot. "No one will be more pleased
than I shall. But, if we are right? If we are right, Miss Howard, on whose side
are you then?"
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I don't know, I don't know----"
Come now."
It could be hushed up."
There must be no hushing up."
But Emily herself----" She broke off.
Miss Howard," said Poirot gravely, "this is unworthy of you."
Suddenly she took her face from her hands.
"Yes," she said quietly, "that was not Evelyn Howard who spoke!" She flung
her head up proudly. "This is Evelyn Howard! And she is on the side of
Justice! Let the cost be what it may." And with these words, she walked
firmly out of the room.
"There," said Poirot, looking after her, "goes a very valuable ally. That
woman, Hastings, has got brains as well as a heart."
I did not reply.
"Instinct is a marvellous thing," mused Poirot. "It can neither be explained
nor ignored."
"You and Miss Howard seem to know what you are talking about," I
observed coldly. "Perhaps you don't realize that I am still in the dark."
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Really? Is that so, mon ami?"
Yes. Enlighten me, will you?"
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Poirot studied me attentively for a moment or two. Then, to my intense
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