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surprise, he shook his head decidedly.
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No, my friend."
Oh, look here, why not?"
Two is enough for a secret."
Well, I think it is very unfair to keep back facts from me."
I am not keeping back facts. Every fact that I know is in your possession.
You can draw your own deductions from them. This time it is a question of
ideas."
"Still, it would be interesting to know."
Poirot looked at me very earnestly, and again shook his head.
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You see," he said sadly, "you have no instincts."
It was intelligence you were requiring just now," I pointed out.
The two often go together," said Poirot enigmatically.
The remark seemed so utterly irrelevant that I did not even take the trouble
to answer it. But I decided that if I made any interesting and important
discoveries--as no doubt I should--I would keep them to myself, and
surprise Poirot with the ultimate result.
There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.
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