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"Never mind," he said at last, "we won't say anything at present. There is no
need. As you say, it will be known soon enough."
But to my intense surprise, on getting down early the next morning, and
eagerly opening the newspapers, there was not a word about the arrest!
There was a column of mere padding about "The Styles Poisoning Case," but
nothing further. It was rather inexplicable, but I supposed that, for some
reason or other, Japp wished to keep it out of the papers. It worried me just
a little, for it suggested the possibility that there might be further arrests to
come.
After breakfast, I decided to go down to the village, and see if Poirot had
returned yet; but, before I could start, a well-known face blocked one of the
windows, and the well-known voice said:
"Bon jour, mon ami!"
"Poirot," I exclaimed, with relief, and seizing him by both hands, I dragged
him into the room. "I was never so glad to see anyone. Listen, I have said
nothing to anybody but John. Is that right?"
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My friend," replied Poirot, "I do not know what you are talking about."
Dr. Bauerstein's arrest, of course," I answered impatiently.
Is Bauerstein arrested, then?"
Did you not know it?"
Not the least in the world." But, pausing a moment, he added: "Still, it does
not surprise me. After all, we are only four miles from the coast."
The coast?" I asked, puzzled. "What has that got to do with it?"
Poirot shrugged his shoulders.
"
"Surely, it is obvious!"
"
Not to me. No doubt I am very dense, but I cannot see what the proximity of
the coast has got to do with the murder of Mrs. Inglethorp."
"Nothing at all, of course," replied Poirot, smiling. "But we were speaking of
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