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12. Poirot Elucidates Certain Points

           OnethingIamfairlysureof—theydidnotleavethroughthedoor.Theyleftbythewindow.”

           “What?”

           “Precisely.”

           “Buttherewerenofootmarksintheflowerbedunderneath.”

           “No—andthereoughttohavebeen.Listen,Hastings.Thegardener,Auguste,asyouheardhimsay,plantedboththosebedstheprecedingafternoon.Intheonethereareplentifulimpressionsofhisbighobnailedboots—intheother,none!Yousee?Someonehadpassedthatway,someonewho,toobliteratetheirfootprints,smoothedoverthesurfaceofthebedwitharake.”

           “Wheredidtheygetarake?”

           “Wheretheygotthespadeandthegardeninggloves,”saidPoirotimpatiently.“Thereisnodifficultyaboutthat.”

           “Whatmakesyouthinkthattheyleftthatway,though?Surelyitismoreprobablethattheyenteredbythewindow,andleftbythedoor.”

           “Thatispossibleofcourse.YetIhaveastrongideathattheyleftbythewindow.”

           “Ithinkyouarewrong.”

           “Perhaps,monami.”

           Imused,thinkingoverthenewfieldofconjecturethatPoirot’sdeductionshadopeneduptome.Irecalledmywonderathiscrypticallusionstotheflowerbedandthewristwatch.Hisremarkshadseemedsomeaninglessatthemomentandnow,forthefirsttime,Irealizedhowremarkably,fromafewslightincidents,hehadunravelledmuchofthemysterythatsurroundedthecase.Ipaidabelatedhomagetomyfriend.Asthoughhereadmythoughts,henoddedsagely.

           “Method,youcomprehend!Method!Arrangeyourfacts.Arrangeyourideas.Andifsomelittlefactwillnotfitin—donotrejectitbutconsideritclosely.

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