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The Coroner reflected a moment, then he said:
"I believe, Mr. Inglethorp, that you yourself poured out the coffee, and took it
to your wife that evening?"
"I poured it out, yes. But I did not take it to her. I meant to do so, but I was
told that a friend was at the hall door, so I laid down the coffee on the hall
table. When I came through the hall again a few minutes later, it was gone."
This statement might, or might not, be true, but it did not seem to me to
improve matters much for Inglethorp. In any case, he had had ample time to
introduce the poison.
At that point, Poirot nudged me gently, indicating two men who were sitting
together near the door. One was a little, sharp, dark, ferret-faced man, the
other was tall and fair.
I questioned Poirot mutely. He put his lips to my ear.
"
Do you know who that little man is?"
I shook my head.
That is Detective Inspector James Japp of Scotland Yard--Jimmy Japp. The
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other man is from Scotland Yard too. Things are moving quickly, my friend."
I stared at the two men intently. There was certainly nothing of the
policeman about them. I should never have suspected them of being official
personages.
I was still staring, when I was startled and recalled by the verdict being
given:
"
Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown."
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