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III. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

           ItoccupiedthesamepositioninthebuildingasthatoftheRobinsons,butwastwofloorshigher.

           ThedayafterourinstallationwasaSunday.Intheafternoon,Poirotleftthefrontdoorajar,andsummonedmehastilyasabangreverberatedfromsomewherebelow.

           “Lookoverthebanisters.Arethoseyourfriends.Donotletthemseeyou.”

           Icranedmyneckoverthestaircase.

           “That’sthem,”Ideclaredinanungrammaticalwhisper.

           “Good.Waitawhile.”

           Abouthalfanhourlater,ayoungwomanemergedinbrilliantandvariedclothing.Withasighofsatisfaction,Poirottiptoedbackintotheflat.

           “C’estça.Afterthemasterandmistress,themaid.Theflatshouldnowbeempty.”

           “Whatarewegoingtodo?”Iaskeduneasily.

           Poirothadtrottedbrisklyintothesculleryandwashaulingattheropeofthecoal-lift.

           “Weareabouttodescendafterthemethodofthedustbins,”heexplainedcheerfully.“Noonewillobserveus.TheSundayconcert,theSunday‘afternoonout,’andfinallytheSundaynapaftertheSundaydinnerofEngland—lerosbif—allthesewilldistractattentionfromthedoingsofHerculePoirot.Come,myfriend.”

           HesteppedintotheroughwoodencontrivanceandIfollowedhimgingerly.

           “Arewegoingtobreakintotheflat?”Iaskeddubiously.

           Poirot’sanswerwasnottooreassuring:

           “Notpreciselyto-day,”hereplied.

           Pullingontherope,wedescendedslowlytillwereachedthesecondfloor.Poirotutteredanexclamationofsatisfactionasheperceivedthatthewoodendoorintothescullerywasopen.

           “Youobserve?Neverdotheyboltthesedoorsinthedaytime.

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