go hard later every morning that loud
isn't in arena
yes graceful
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is that the last of them Enzo I would
have been quite happy about
I wanted to rather myself seems only
right our friends you say George are
friends
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well what happened Isaac's fear was
really me oh well I didn't really aren't
able to say isn't it
gosh my friends
to my master the best of masters
to our dear friend to Monsieur Hercule
Poirot God rest his soul
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do to believe that I speak the truth
that the world is in the grip of
sinister forces bent on tippy it into
chaos beware aware the big four
secret societies sinister plans for
world domination it's all of it Bulldog
Drummond anything mr. Tyson first yeah I
did but I've heard more letter since
having us something in it
remember that locomotive that came off
the rails a Plymouth Express cause my
correspondent claims that what's the
work at a big fort and the riots in
India local agitators nor corn turning
the crank young man the idea there's
some sort of organizing power
controlling the world it's a very common
fantasy amongst paranoiacs mr. Engels
I've been doing some research
mr. Tai said we stand on the edge of an
abyss Germany Italy a storm is gathering
we've enough to worry about without some
far-fetched nonsense like this
far-fetched
music
a chessboard
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well there's a sight for sore eyes
you've done there Moshe Arens Patricia
alone for it just been too long far too
long my dear inspector cha
assistant commissioner now if you don't
mind Oh mother father I have been
following your progress with the
interest most keen on me you are here in
the capacity professional I'm not quite
as spent force yet Farah God they still
wheel me out for the occasional
important assignment a lot of foreign
bigwigs it's no idea
mr. Ryland over there has requested the
discreet police presence through this
chess match say it's nice to get out
from behind a desk stretch the old pins
again now there won't be many more
assignments like this I fancy well you
know time it catches up with her soul
and perhaps also for who the shadows are
lengthening and the moment it has come
to think of the life that he's quiet you
retire para never you attract mayhem
always I've done there's a lady that she
said great Madame Olivier I'll write one
of our islands peace party Johnny's
money all OMG come Belgian yeah she's
French not Belgian
but in her field she is the genius her
research into the nervous system is
truly groundbreaking hmm
you might say she has the greatest brain
in the Western world the greatest
scientific brain in be a cop's hour is
made by duty court assistant commission
on weeds
Monsieur Poirot muhammediye may I
introduce Stephen Paynter of the British
diplomatic corps an invaluable supporter
of the peace practice a cause most
worthy Monsieur and this is to remind me
dr. Quentin
mr. paint his personal physician what
the turn up madam
they must be pleased we are done eat
together all of us ladies gentlemen may
I welcome you to our informal little
soiree on behalf of our guiding light
and founder lee chang yen now ill-health
prevents him from leaving china but he
is with us in spirit we're all aware of
the international situation at the gray
pass at which the civilized world finds
itself which is why we in the peace
party see it as our mission our duty to
avoid the lamps going out once again one
day
years ago I woke up and I realized that
I hadn't a clue what to do with all my
money tell us how you got your money mr.
Ireland this is an invitation-only event
sir one on smart telephone calls mr.
Ryland how else am I supposed to reach
you this is intolerable hey what are you
Wow
it seems that everyone wants to be here
tonight and why wouldn't they to witness
this demonstration of unity between east
and west via this ancient and beautiful
game now I would like to thank our
friend the Russian ambassador for
coaxing our guests out of retirement may
I introduce to you the illustrious dr.
Ivan Samara
dr. sivana he is the greatest of the -
grandmasters you are not a player of
chess
Oh dominoes is more in Milan par
welcome sir he's going on nothing
got these many years since he's been
seen in public but let me I warn you sir
I may be an amateur but I won't be
people without a fight Porsche probably
did some neat sheets are not Moya that's
always been my motto well then without
further ado let battle commence pawn to
King four
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born ticking fall
Knight to King's Bishop three
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Knight to Queens Bishop 3 someone call a
doctor can I help miss yer I have some
expertise I'm afraid it's too late
he's gone
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their trouble getting this out of his
hand
rigor mortis I expect expect Zoey
if you please to show Poirot the
belongings of the old man I don't know
what you're getting yourself so broody
about Bora you only had to look at him
to know it wasn't long for this world
natural causes Dickie chicka so so here
kid cohesive us also are the researches
of Madame Olivier concerned the effects
of atropine and morphine and so on on
the heart and the nervous system so
that's what she meant by expertise why
but their life it was too late for her
to save him so after all these years of
being a recluse it raised to travel
halfway around the world for a publicity
stunt I have no doubt that dr.
savaranoff was paid most handsomely but
why was Ryland prepared to pay so much
you again yes we were never formally
introduced where we Lawrence Boswell
Tysoe associated papers gone so more
that Mon Ami
what is your interest here Monsieur
Tysoe
something fishy about the old man's
death dr. savaranoff died of natural
causes
really it's all made a great cure Poirot
will bother with something like this
unless foul play was suspected if and
when we have something to announce to
the press you were the first to notice
how a statement your cards right maybe I
can supply you with the truth about Abe
Ryland
see you in on the skeletons he's got
IDing in his closet and what he knows
about a big fall what is this big forth
bring me mr. Poirot you won't regret it
ring me
stop it you terrible do not see I say
those boys are just outrageous they did
you the plate you do Flossie yes quite
recently Ashley oh right
oh you're not reading that rubbish again
are you not that fish
excuse me the horrors all these rumours
about another war almost forgot reg
asked me to give this to you
somebody must have left it at Stage Door
I'm not sure for me
must be fun now he'll open it then Oh
even better a Valentine but it's April
yes dear Flossie never forgotten until
we meet again for kisses well who is it
from it doesn't say
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your taser
knew you'd come can't resist a scoop Hey
buta made a good journalist mr. Poirot I
think Poirot has the wrong kind of
morality for the work well so modest
I'm sure see you okay
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mr. Tysoe you spoke of skeletons in the
armoire was your run um what oh I say in
the cupboard well let me tell you Abe
Ryland is not the man everyone thinks he
is real names are American born in Kursk
hid in America about 25 years ago yeah
break it a great war change his name the
voice is old identity so my question is
why what is it that you know well now he
made his money arms-dealing
we made millions selling weapons to the
Allies and the Kaiser you have proof of
this naturally and maybe he was planning
on doing the same finger again what is
this speak for that you mentioned
certain information been coming my way
letters and what do they say it evil it
oh well not so fast now not so fast I've
shared my information on Ryan and it's
only fair you show a little respect you
say what is it you want full access to
your investigation I work alongside you
and your copper pal what's your tie sir
you seem to be a man who is ambitious
who is creative and perhaps even with
some level of intelligence very
confident that you are not a man of
discretion Monsieur will be to share
information or to stop it from appearing
in your newspaper
you don't have to play a lone hand in
this investigation that would be foolish
Monsieur you would be wise to Revere
what you know for your own safety or for
nothing else I don't respond to threats
mr. Poirot change your mind you know
where to find me
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you've let Li Chang here know what
happened last night
I have telegraphed then there is nothing
more we can do for now what is troubling
you we have enemies out there regime
those who seek to destroy both us and
our work and I've learned that in this
life you can only trust number one
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their trouble getting this out of his
hat rigor mortis Expo
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assistant commissioner absolutely
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will this take long gentlemen I'm a very
busy man with your island do you
remember the exact succession of moves
made by dr. savaranoff of course use the
real lopez opening it's a soundest in
the game and savaranoff
was reputed to favor this yes so what if
you please to tell us what was the third
move of the white piece in this opening
Bishop to Queens Knight 5 well the exact
move the seal the fate of dr. savaranoff
if you please to be patient this it is
the white bishop from the chess set the
exact piece that dr. savaranoff was
clutching in his hand when he died they
look identical not to white bishops from
the same chess set
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there is a rather thin metal which
passes up through this Chasma one
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in Montana out of
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the table it is electrified and so when
dr. savaranoff places the white bishop
upon this particular silver square the
electric current passes right through
his body killing him instantly
it was electrocuted we be a co-worker at
the table it is came to the floor so the
current passes through it it is on FA
the killing machine most elaborate from
where was it obtained may I ask you
after I asked one of my staff Monsieur I
don't concern myself with such matters
so you do not concern your surgery that
that other man he was an old man old men
tend to die in my experience or natural
causes just not usually via electrified
chest tables and you just listen to me
if you truly believe savaranoff was
murdered and in this colorful way
Monsieur Poirot suggests that's your
prerogative but if you are even
suggesting that I had anything to do
with it then you're gonna have to get
yourself some proof
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hello could you put me through to mr.
Tyson pleased
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he isn't no no message
thank you
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a Madame Olivier to see your son please
to show her enjoy this way madam I shall
come straight to the point
Monsieur you have seen this does the
great detective Monsieur echo Bravo have
suspicions regarding the death of even
savaranoff his inquiries currently
revolve around Abe Ryland and his
mysterious peace party calm yourself
Madame it is merely the tittle-tattle we
have no evidence that mr. Ryland this
environment there are those who seek to
discredit all of us in the peace party
Monsieur
I implore you do nothing to aid these
people excuse me ma'am
Al Kooper who speaks Ryland was meant to
meet some German dignitary last night he
never turned up come home he's gone para
is disappeared
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good afternoon sir it must be Meadows
this is a local man on the case of
Poirot
it's an honor sir and an honor to meet
you too mr. Poirot although I don't know
that there's very much to interest you
here fairly grubby little murder if you
ask me and not too much doubt about
who's to blame neither victim was
Jonathan Whalley something of a recluse
and I say no fair yeah whatever that is
it means that he was a lover of all
things Chinese I'm Amy and this is the
reason for our interest in this case
inspector meadows the late mr. Jonathan
Whalley was the author of this biography
you got the details of the household
inspector well there are two servants
Robert grant who's the colour manservant
he lives in and bitsy Andrews
housekeeper and cook you've worked for
mr. Whalley for some time Oh years he
was a queer old Cove kept himself to
himself at his little obsessions like
they all do at that age obsessions
crackers about all things Chinese did he
ever marry
oh no oh what woman would have him won't
be tired you if you tried to move one of
his precious books or or tidy up his
bloomin letters were there any other
friends or family friends no he had a
sister but she died there was a young
nephew who came here to stay with him
when he was orphaned that was before my
time though by all accounts they didn't
get on Madame Andres can you tell to us
exactly what occurred this morning
precisa Mille grant went out to get the
milk as he does every day I popped out
to have a natter with mrs. stops at
laburnums she's buried two children poor
soul and
husbands nam - clever at the moment and
which of you returns first oh that will
be ground he came in by the back door
put the milk in the larder and then went
into his room to read the paper and have
a smoke so it was you who discovered the
body madam just just there he was or
solely be knocked silly had his throat
slit nasty it was very nasty so the
story about Drago in fetching milk is
true at least then wait what is it one
new Jean de Mouton Martin sir wait hmm
still frozen as ice on it you're not
suggesting you use the frozen leg of
mutton to coughs the old gentleman are
you sir and then Kai's throat with the
wishbone what used today more than me
the day wait what Monday of course way
to commit a Madonna Monday it is a
mistake most grave Monsieur Robert grant
he is in custody no we've taken him in
for questioning sir yes grants story was
that he went straight to his bedroom and
that it was Betsy Andrews who discovered
the body but you see then there's the
matter of the footprints while he kept
his most valuable Chinese curios locked
in this cabinet here and there's a lot
now keys in the lock sir mr. Whalley
kept it on his person on his watch-chain
at all times someone has removed it mr.
Whalley was fond of boasting that his
most prized possession was a set of
little ivory figures he kept in here
18th century apparently and they're gone
and this bloody footprint here Oh
begging your pardon sir
that's all right Meadows we know
well it matches exactly with grants boot
and a footprint which if Monsieur grant
were telling the truth he could not have
made quite such that so you now have the
opportunity and the motive all that you
require now is that also elusive element
the proof the missing figures I have no
doubt that you will find them hidden in
the room of Monsieur grant probably
underneath his bed
what you saying here mr. Poirot you seem
to be everywhere at once me Paro inquire
what it is that you do here the news of
this crime it has not yet been released
however the same reason you are indeed
well he knew something
I mean dangerous that much is obvious
somebody go mad LOI and it was your
source who once again gave to you this
tip-off position a certain information
well well if it isn't the proverbial bad
pet Assistant Commissioner I presume you
can account for your movements at the
time of mr. Wally's death that's
uncalled for
oh we've got him now sir wants to call
on never did he it's a frame-up that's
what it is I came back and went straight
to my room like I said I never knew
anything so Betsey screams so help me
God I didn't if you do not tell the
truth then that is the end of it but
governor nor Monsieur you did go into
the drawing room you did know that your
master was dead and you are preparing to
make a boat forever madam Ambrose make a
discovery so terrible come not is that
not so
I say solemnly to tell to me the truth
and now it is your only chance yeah
it's just as his site mr. Wally I came
in and went straight over to the master
and there he was dead on the floor blood
all around and I've got a wind-up proper
they'd ferret out my record and for
certainty I'd say as me as it done him
in minty figures of ivory she's gonna
blame the murder on me anyway master
would said I was worth a lot of loop
Hamas will go do log then before I could
make a run for it
Betsy was back and screaming a place
down you expect us to believe all that
Grant
you ought to be ashamed of yourself
telling such barefaced lies to an
important man like mr. Poirot here
Monsieur grant when were you released
from prison two months ago and how did
you obtain your position in the
household through one of them prisoners
help societies bloke make me want to
come out he said this before Poirot
there's no record of any such society
glassing him with Jonathan Whalley I
swear II sir was a pastor a priest do
you recall what he looked like this
pasta no I'm sorry so I just saw in
middly and I ordinary you know I'm
afraid I must go ahead and charge this
man sir no if you do inspector meadows
you were charged the wrong man mr. grant
he's not the killer
thank you sir
I know you believe me
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so I've been thinking this over and it
doesn't add up if it's not Grande
well no one else approach the cottage
all morning the neighbors curtains
twitch like billy-o here in Hobbiton if
there been a stranger coming to their
house well we are not suggesting Betsy
Andrews fuck-all will describe for you
the killer of Jonathan Woolley the
murderer was a man who is clever or very
clever
first he posed as a prison visitor then
he obtained a post for Monsieur grant
with the deliberate intention of making
him to scaping good then he gave to him
a pair of boots one of two pairs that
were duplicate the other he kept for
himself
then he drove up outside the house in a
van leaving it in full view he entered
the house committed the murder wearing
the boots identical then he drove away
this man he wore a hat of straw and his
clothing was slightly blood-stained
purpura the whole village will have seen
it Aradia everybody saw him and nobody
saw him he drove up in the van of a
butcher
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this leg-of-mutton would not have
remained frozen if he was delivered on
Saturday someone delivered this leg of
mutton today moreover someone on whom a
trace of blood here and there would
attract no attention blimey I'll get
round and arrest the butchers
straightaway no no do not trouble
yourself inspector the real butcher
would have made not such delivery today
no this is a business most dark amazing
me and I fear we're only at the
beginning of a long long game
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mr. Tyson
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you cannot say you have not been warned
Monsieur I know that's why I'm here now
I'm putting everything I got in front
here started with anonymous tip-offs
train crushes riots I went to Engels at
the Foreign Office dismissed it out of
hand then the messages started to become
more cryptic yes see the game would have
begin shortly a battle of wits and then
a king shall fall beware beware there
before arrived along with a dossier on
Ryland and a king shall fall yeah
obviously referring to the chess game
this was next
hmm death will come to ha person village
the dragons shall feast Jonathan Whalley
of Hobbiton he is founded someone on the
inside was trying to tip me off someone
inside the big four turned traitor
and then I found him out he's lying in a
morgue or a knife in his back have you
identified the deceased amendment at me
nothing at someone else indeed this was
inside his coat pocket
I just a maid just like all the others
well that's where you should have left
it that's evidence playing cards
other kind wait but the first one is of
the origin Chinese and on it there has
been scored ladoo Mahal huh
li Chang Yin that's the bay brains
beyond a so-called peace party
duh that's a chance card from a monopoly
set you tell it to be a genius or that
one out Ryland the Nunavut what why does
it say D naught Q because he's from a
French prac of playing cards Mon Ami
wladim wind dam process if he know more
from the Major Arcana of the Tarot
captain sir mo death mrs. Jack got that
one lie down south and Pierre gypsy make
three months later the cat died one two
three four
whoever the dead man was he was trying
to give me a clue to their identities
what is it for
do you not observe enemy the edge of
this carpet is burned a toast to our
future all my love for more kisses
you're going to mr. Chu if you're not an
elephant honored exhaust Oh Arlene we
can't wait any longer please ring the
gong for dinner
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what are you say remember our dream
everything we talked about all week
energy I don't think I can go through
with it
Stephen I don't have your certainty I'm
not like you it's wrong what we're doing
it all wrong
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still no news of mr. Ryland madam
earlier nothing at all and it is also
very damaging to the party
he should be protesting his innocence
the newspapers are full of talk about
the big four no it is nonsense quiet
it's true that there is bad blood
between America and Russia though isn't
it after savaranoff death I've been
speaking with the Soviet ambassador
trying to calm things down my husband
the conciliator what would the world do
without you my dear let's hope we they
never find out I'll drink to that
oh they're here
I hoped they'd join us eventually he's
really not that late my dear so sorry so
very very sorry
can you ever forgive me auntie died I
was out with the chaps and time just ran
away from me we're on your own I need
your old I thought you were bringing
miss Struthers with you tonight oh good
lord
so I was huh well Amelia we'll have
sorted herself out we should probably
had a better offer what what did I see
Fred that blessed party oh well well
you're here now gerald that's all that
matters why don't you sit down so sorry
you must feel like groan damn madam Oh
uncle Stephen speaks terribly highly of
you hey you will staying for a few days
that's right I'm the black sheep of the
family a pleasure to meet you Jared Oh
ah yes my me again Gerald the name is
Quinton oh of course of course of course
uncle Stephen Sawbones terribly sorry
gerald well our links finest curry
rather fill up the bowl my friend now
where's the wine anyone for a top-up
now same thought burger stabbed in the
lower back with some force kitchen love
but observe missing me despite all the
efforts of the staff in this motor e to
wash him down the dirt it is deep it is
ingrained we've been on the run from the
big Thor you're already gonna stop and
run at our buyer and yet you see his
clothes his evening dress they are some
quality yes very nice yes they're all
fashion line well he would like to see
them it's been so kind of Uncle Stephen
to take me on don't you think my dad
indeed
prodigal returns and all that it was the
least I could do for my brothers Bush
it's all under the bridge now family
feud forgiven and forgotten I'm glad to
have been able to make amends in some
small way it's curious most curious
Morris are the cloth it is of the
quality most fine and yet the fashion it
is so since 30 years
the labels as a fragment that is a name
of a kind we would eat all am a germ did
he stole the clothes some kind of
disguise
missing me we must discover the identity
of this man and find out his connection
with a big four
Stephen
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Oh terrible way for a man today ruddy
odd if you ask me why the fire I mean it
makes a face completely unrecognizable
why do you think that was the intention
for who here thought of this but now
there seems little doubt that the third
person this was just even Penta snow the
killer comes into the room pulls him off
the bed and drags him over to the fire
not the easiest way to kill him I
counsel there was a Venus struggle
tremendous and screams screams it's
nobody in the house admits dearest who
discovered the bunny
mm-hm Chinese manservant China explorer
and Diana painter the wife of 30 years
smelled the smoke apparently from her
own bedroom hello mother and painter she
does not share the bedchamber with her
husband then you hear me for over 30
years
to be honest I think mrs. chap would
jump at this type of sleeping
arrangement if we had the room see Oh
inspector it's a finger a clue must be
Zalman uh uh no apparently mr. painter
kept a notepad a pen and a bottle of ink
by his bedside and this is what he wrote
last night
dr. Quentin who was a personal physician
of the late Monsieur Paynter that's
correct
Stephen had a heart condition easily
managed with the right medication but it
was thought prudent that there should be
someone on hand or as this state of mind
being likely he'd been anxious all the
stuff in the papers is enough to alarm
anyone
and now Rylands vanished it's a great
blow to the party when did you last see
him alive doctor around 11:30 last night
he asked to see me before he retired to
bed how did you find him he was very
agitated I suggested a tonic but he said
he just wanted to get to bed one final
question if I'm a duffer you'll see do
you recognize this man
he doesn't weigh glue familiar for what
reason
he's something to do with the peace
party I think I met so many people
through Stephen and his work that I
really couldn't say for sure no I didn't
know him try to think carefully Madame
perhaps you met him through your late
husband that his work Stephen really
thought to include me in his work
Monsieur I'm sorry I can't be any more
help to you we do not wish to distress
your mother I loved my husband Monsieur
but I realized some time ago that my
affection was no longer reciprocated
last night I learned for certain what I
had suspected for some time this he did
he he and Madame Olivier were conducting
the love affair
how did you this Paul had observed at
the chess tournament I am so sorry
member and did you hear any kind of
disturbance in the night mister faint up
now believe me after the amount of booze
I put away it's miracle I work at all
this morning dead to the world I was oh
dear sorry are you sure I can't get you
anything
bit early for me sir thank you all the
same it would be for me to usually but
you know poor old uncle Stephen are you
here about these kind of freak accidents
happening all the time still a shock
when it happens to one of your nearest
and dearest you think then that this was
an accident
nope well what else could it have been
how did you and your uncle get on
together well I I don't feel I had the
trust get to know him properly I've only
been here a few months is that so yes a
father uncle Stephen fell out you see
that been an incident when I was only a
nipper and do you know the nature of
this incident
well this firework exploded in my face
and father always blamed uncle Stephen I
don't even remember it of course but
they never spoke again
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so he gets a tidy sum as a result about
his death and the manner of his death so
violent and dramatic the fire that
consumes the face of Monsieur Paynter an
echo grotesque of the burning of his own
face no and as he lies dying Monsieur
Paynter he dips his finger into the
incas cross the letter G onto a notepad
a final desperate attempt to indicate
the identity of his killer Gerald did it
for revenge and for the cash no no Mon
Ami a false mother with a connection to
the peace party and the big phone no
this is an attempt most crude to frame
young Monsieur Gerald well I suppose the
better up the big one in I shall do all
I can to assist you this is a terrible
loss for the world and for me personally
well perhaps you could assist us method
with the identity of this man he's not
known to me Monsieur then perhaps you
should take a closer look one of my
eyesight is excellent I can assure you I
do not know who this man is
Madame we understand that before there
are last night you and Monsieur Paynter
conversed in private yes we talked of
the future of the peace party oh that's
nice I missus pair took place I may not
have your world-class brain madam but I
have sense enough to know when my
husband is conducting a love affair
behind my back Diane we wanted to finish
him here and your pride couldn't bear it
I heard him it's all wrong I can't go on
with this that's what he said I wouldn't
be surprised if you killed him rather
than let him come back to know that it
is not true
Monsieur surely you cannot believe we
believe Madame that we are dealing with
an organization so ruthless that it will
not hesitate to execute any who stand in
its way if you know anything at all
about the big four I implore you to tell
it to us you accuse me Monsieur there is
evidence to suggest Madame Olivier that
one of the members of the big four is a
woman a French woman gentlemen I find
your accusations contemptible and absurd
you will try and prevent me if I leave I
can't do that Madame you're not under
arrest you have not heard the last of
this not by any means we should not have
antagonized on it he's not yet that time
I can't go through with this it's all
wrong maybe he wasn't referring to their
affair part he was killed because he
won't heed no more to do with this
organization so sinister where the hell
is this going para we've got nothing to
go on
nothing there must be a link Mon Ami a
connection however abstruse between
these cases something that we have
missed the links obvious para is the
ruddy peace party if what ty says
mysterious source told him is true then
they're exactly the opposite of what
they claim to be v colonists working to
start a war not prevent one prayer or a
sink
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mr. commissioner gypsum bara she's gone
gone who has gone one of me Madame
Olivier she's died bunk - just like Abe
Ryland
no one's seen hide nor hair of us since
she left paint his place and there's
something else we've heard the tests
back from paint his body he was drugged
that's why he didn't cry out when his
head was put in the fire
the drug was very specific jelsa mean
she has semi what is it your coral the
scientific research is a mother melibea
they are concerned principally with a
nervous system in small quantities
jessamine is used to treat the heart in
large quantities it induces paralysis
and immobilization of the nervous system
confirms it season on it - it would
appear so such an eventuality it is
tragic now to think that it is possible
that such a woman never learn that we're
making progress at last we've identified
number three of the big four
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you'll find everything exactly as it was
until you catch the fellow done it I'm
not allowed to touch a thing and there
remains no word from the nephew of
Monsieur Ronny he does not return to
claim his inheritance
no not that I'm surprised I mean who
want to live here knowing what had
happened I wish he would show up though
there's boxes of junk just sitting up
there you simply thought that he and his
uncle they did not get on so I gather
before my time as I say and what became
of him mother lived here till he was in
his 20s I think and then Oh maybe he
went out for job the circus just give me
a shout when you're done yes mmm
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there for you my darling Flossie soon
our time will come for kisses
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of course there's no grace about the
profession these days these young actors
and actresses they can't project they
used to speaking into a microphone for
the wireless for the talking pictures
the profession can be a very cruel place
especially when the first bloom of
youths has gone you go to the theatre
mr. Poirot oh yes indeed
Oh button you must have seen me I got
wonderful review so my eliza doolittle a
confident and dazzling miss Flossie
Monroe no well I did The Importance of
Being Earnest at the vaudeville in 26 I
had a great success with that perhaps
something more recent
more recent well let me think I I was at
the Duke of York's a few years ago in
cher Mike half but oh yes indeed this
parotid see what did you play the
accordion for some years you appeared in
a Repertory Theatre Company mother
myself mm-hmm ma'am wizard the
Methuselah players oh they were happy
times I have been speaking to some of
your fellow actors and they tell to me
that this company it closed down not
long after that season yes such a shame
thank you
does the name Albert Whalley mean
anything to you Wally no no I don't
think so why should it
no he it appears that he was a member of
the audience very devoted to the math
user a company in fact he collected
mementos from the repertory season in
1924 our fan was he oh really mr. Poirot
you can't expect me to remember all my
admirers over all these years no I mean
for instance only this past few weeks
I've been sent all sorts of things cards
flowers champagne and all from an
anonymous admirer after four amendments
this arrived just the other day a
Valentine in April yes I thought it was
queer too but you know what some of
these fans can be like hmm you permit
Poirot to see mm-hmm now see MA was it
until we meet again
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a cure who speaks oui Monsieur an
interview it is possible Oh
what is your address Monsieur
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what a difference a few weeks make quite
son I sent away that journalist fell
over the flea and yeah nah
seems he was right after all Bulldog
Drummond come to life and the best of
men lies dead Monsieur Poirot was a
brilliant man
Lorna's we could do with more like him
at this moment is there any hope for
peace sir yes big for business has the
entire international community on the
edge do you have anything concrete to go
on sir nothing Li Chang yet let's put
out a statement denying any knowledge of
the big four well it would wouldn't it
and Rylander Madame Olivier is still
nowhere to be seen what about number
four indeed how does one tracked down
death himself
Barney if only we could find out what
knowledge he took with him to his grave
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he always liked things just so didn't he
thought he was onto something wasn't he
he has to be I only wish I knew what
I've been so wrapped up with all these
new leads that have been coming in pyro
seem quite content to go off and pursue
things on his own
I suppose he must have grown quite used
to that yes I suppose so one thing we
know for certain he was getting too
close to the big four
so they eliminated him yes well well
well hang it all jab what are we going
to do next
hey we can trade parodi in vain we've
got to stop them now hang on Captain
Hastings be faint-hearted now man are
you with me or not for Poirot sake
together we have to stop the big fall
listen these people mean business
they'll stop at nothing if even Poirot
couldn't stop them good lord man I never
thought I'd hear such Conte talk from
you well if you weren't do anything to
stop these brutes then I certainly will
and I'll leave no stone unturned good
day so
what do I do now I'll chap
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Burrell Hastings old soldiers never die
mr. Jessup
yes George Wallace telegram is a rifle
for me
anybody
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it's a it's miss Monroe I've come for
the audition it's funny you know I was
just talking about this place someone
the other day strange to me back here
after all this time I'm not late am I
your letter did say for
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help me please
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what do you want with me welcome miss
Monroe welcome to the lair of the big
fool oh you've heard of us how gratified
talk to me miss Monroe tell me all you
know about the big fall way to miss
Monroe you wouldn't want to disappoint
me would you I only know what I've seen
in the papers what have you read in the
papers it's all from from China number
one go on then there's that American
with all the money
number two continue
please continue a Frenchwoman Madame
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Madame Olivier number three and number
four
tell me what you know of number four
nobody knows do they did are you number
four
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think back my darling it has been some
time do I know all my gifts the cards
the roses they didn't bring back any
memories you're my admiring it you're my
fan think Flossie think back to that
season at this old theater fifteen years
ago
we performed together on this very stage
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Claud Darrell
it you it is my love oh what's this all
about
Claude of it it's just a joke this it's
just a silly joke it's gnome idea it's
serious deadly serious
I atoll you flossing then you realize
that I'd do anything for you I've done
so much already all for you do you
remember what you said to me on that day
what happened two years ago he is I can
never forget it you know I asked you if
I could take you out to dinner and you
said Oh Claudia be so ridiculous if I
see someone like you this was your money
to distribute no I deserve the best
Claudie someone who's gonna make
something of himself someone the whole
world
we'll remember
some of the whole world would remember
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first I mean I was young and foolish
yeah well world will remember me now
only the whole world will remember the
big 4 litre yen Abe Ryland Racine
Olivier and me Claude dial and before
that destroyer death himself you mean
you've done all of this all of this just
for me tell me you love me flossing tell
me you love me tell me I think you're
the most remarkable man I've ever met
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let me take you away from here just just
one thing to take care of first I think
not Monsieur
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we must you despite the best efforts of
the big phone Hercule Poirot he lives
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you're dead
dead and buried no it was all smoke and
mirrors is that not the expression but
now it is time to bring down the curtain
on the big four I rather think there
will be my decision sorrow the game's up
you've pulled off some stunts in your
time para but this baits a mole I should
say I have much to explain to you mayor
me but first if you please ma'am Martha
Flossie
ah see come on
I'll think you better sit down sir
nobody so we do someone in case they
smart with him one moment one Emmy what
the pass in which we find ourselves the
word stands on the brink of a conflict
most terrible and whether we discover is
behind it all
fermenting suspicions on a scale that is
global a cabal most terrifying puppet
masters who threatened to plunge the
world into war and yet yet
what was the first reaction of anyone
who was told of the big four that it was
like something from a storybook n'est
pas Bob Drummond precisa Mon Monsieur
Tysoe
what season because that is all it is
measure me mere theater the beaker are
not real no they exist only in the
crazed imagination of one man that's not
possible a man who had plunged the world
into chaos because of a passion that is
unrequited Albert Whalley who was later
to take on the stage name of Claude
Derek and who for the past few months
had been masquerading as dr. Quentin but
what about Li Chang in an Easter Li Chen
yang is as innocent as he claims and
these poor unfortunate souls are merely
pawns in the game
kidnapped and kept here their
disappearance is orchestrated to throw
suspicion onto them but why don't I say
anything because they are tracked one in
me try to adjust I mean good grief no II
the same drug that was used to
anesthetize Stephen Paynter before he
was killed
or they are fully conscious with their
physical paralysis it is completely but
mercifully it would appear in this case
the effect it is only temporary Minami
everyone believed it though didn't they
the big four Fleet Street the police the
great British public of a Monsieur for
some time even lq bravo was taken in by
osha route so deadly with your help of
course mr. Tyson what I just had to wind
you up like a clockwork toy and off you
went you and your little newspaper
spreading fear confusion hate an
emotional soup pulsing you really have
been a most useful item but my Informer
the letters the playing cards all sent
from Monsieur terror so the fellow
returned up with an arch at his back in
reality a tramp dressed in a theatrical
costume the clues of the playing cards
planted upon him reality Monsieur Poirot
who is to say where fantasy ends and
reality begins well let us speak of
beginnings Monsieur at one of a drama so
very strange Albert Whalley
a boy an orphan poor and unloved who was
sent away to live with his uncle who was
cold and aloof how could wali is the
name I haven't used in years no madam
uncle who disapproved of your fantasies
and your desire to tread the boards
all those years listening to that all
before about his precious Chinaman Li
Chang again I began to see possibility
boy but then you had the task most
difficult now to worm your way into the
confidences of the members of the peace
party Charles pray I forged my
references and quietly took up my
position as dr. Quentin painters
condition is not really very difficult
to research I'm an actor Monsieur Poirot
and a bloody good one oh yes indeed
Monsieur your ability to blend in to
pass yourself off a known manner of
disguises which has proven so useful you
have the genius of the character ha
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to try some
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severe enough was killed to implicate
April your uncle Titus were suspicions
of Li Chang yen and Stephen Paynter who
was innocent murder to incriminate
Madame Olivier he was a weak fool his
weakness was his conscience I really
persuaded him that it wasn't decent for
them to continue their silly love affair
that's all it was that Diana painter
overheard him ending the affair he'd had
nothing to do with the big four indeed
sir Mon Ami why knowing what there was
it all fall for me wasn't it mr. Poirot
we've a matter for the woman who was
spurned him all those years ago for
therein lies your tragedy
Monsieur Darren the very gift that could
have turned you into the act of supreme
makes you forget upon the man who blends
in the man whose name nobody ever can
quite remember the man who
disappears Albert Whalley Claude era dr.
Quentin number for whatever you choose
to call yourself Monsieur you adore the
flourish that is theatrical you've got a
nerve come on
all this you'd already worked out where
I was
you could have sent the police to arrest
me at any time but instead you wanted
your grand finale show everyone just how
clever you've been oh we're more alike
than you think Ferrari
nobody moves don't be a fool tower
you'll never get away
my men are surrounding the building if
the sea won't have me then we're all
going to go out in a blaze of glory
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everybody out of here one minute one
minute before I bring down a final
curtain I'm a big fool whare you will
not do it Monsieur to do all this for
the love of one woman you will not send
her to her grave Albert Whalley you
cannot
it's alright it's alright son
that's alright doing sufferable but I'm
number four do you hear me
the destroyer does itself
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is dead
good afternoon gentlemen
it is a source of great relief that's
after our terrible ordeal we are able to
clear not only our own reputations but
that of the party as well League Li
Chang en wants to reassure every
civilized nation that we will continue
to strive for world peace the big four
has proved to be a fiction but still we
stand on a precipice the situation
remains Drina
but if war does come the powers of light
will be united as one I will have to eat
some humble pie naturally but I do have
the exclusive story of number four to
rights so that's some consolation
thanks for the opportunity to be in at
the end mr. Poirot I hope you've learned
your lesson mate check your facts before
you print incidentally but did you work
it all out
it occurred to Poirot for some time that
this case had the flavor of the theater
and the label of the costume eh max
vermin and Sons was the first mistake of
Monsieur Claude through his scrapbook
led me towards memoirs L Monroe of
course never any more he kept his I most
closely upon her but when she met with
me Hercule Poirot he panicked
they're pure who speaks I understand
you've been trying to contact me my name
is Claude Aaron I guess indeed Monsieur
in connection with your time at the
Methuselah Theatre an interview it is
possible what is your address Monsieur
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shall we say for the fate of where
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but I hope that even if for one moment
Monsieur Claude Derek who believed that
his plan has succeeded then the
subsequent realization of his failure
would be all the more devastating and
they argued whoa ho
he was proved correct I still can't
quite believe I managed to do it
convinced him I was in love with him
I want members eared Monroe that she
would need courage and that it might
prove to be most dangerous but when the
moment he came the Claud Darrell what to
make contact with her again as I knew
that he would we must be ready well it
was the performance of a lifetime member
sir I had a wonderful director mr.
Poirot
oh well delightful as this all is I need
to get on and write my column I don't
suppose you'd be interested in giving me
an exclusive interview would you the
woman who stole the hearts of number
four well perhaps if I maybe we could
discuss it further over lunch don't mind
if I do lose their lists of a lifetime
certainly gets a girl an appetite in it
so where's your fancy Simpsons is love
there might be never at one or we could
go down missing me
well Farah where um what place do you
know that you know you know dead of
course we are but why did you go through
with this horrid gerard listing us
believe you'd been killed but it was
vital miss lemon vital that you should
believe it it was necessary for Poirot
to disappear because in this way the god
of number four it would be dumped Josh
I'm sure you have the best intentions a
man as a hero to his valet can you ever
forgive me mayor me it was all for the
best I suppose but you know this affair
of the big Ford has done some other good
though
has it not reunited me with all my
oldest friends or almost all because
various Hastings where's captain
Hastings
well there's been no sign of him since
he charged off I'm afraid she's oddly he
must have heard the news by now
good lord
I thought you were dead Mon Ami Hastings
more than me
it is the most extraordinary thing I was
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