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VIII. The Kidnapped Prime Minister
ThepoliceofthiscountryhurryacrosstheChannel,andnoonebotherstogointothedetailsofthefirstattack.TosustaintheillusionthattheabductionhastakenplaceinFrance,Danielsisgaggedandchloroformedinaconvincingmanner.”
“AndthemanwhohasenactedthepartofthePrimeMinister?”
“Ridshimselfofhisdisguise.Heandtheboguschauffeurmaybearrestedassuspiciouscharacters,butnoonewilldreamofsuspectingtheirrealpartinthedrama,andtheywilleventuallybereleasedforlackofevidence.”
“AndtherealPrimeMinister?”
“HeandO’Murphyweredrivenstraighttothehouseof‘Mrs.Everard,’atHampstead,Daniels’so-called‘aunt.’Inreality,sheisFrauBerthaEbenthal,andthepolicehavebeenlookingforherforsometime.ItisavaluablelittlepresentthatIhavemadetothem—tosaynothingofDaniels!Ah,itwasacleverplan,buthedidnotreckonontheclevernessofHerculePoirot!”
Ithinkmyfriendmightwellbeexcusedhismomentofvanity
