Убийство на поле для гольфа
20. An Amazing Statement
MadameDaubreuiltellshimall,pointsouttohimthedreadfulconsequencestoherdaughterifthisscandalofthepastisrevived.Hisfather’smurdererisdead—letthemdotheirbesttohushitup.JackRenauldconsents—goestothehouseandhasaninterviewwithhismother,winningherovertohispointofview.PrimedwiththestorythatMadameDaubreuilhassuggestedtohim,shepermitsherselftobegaggedandbound.There,Poirot,whatdoyouthinkofthat?”Ileanedback,flushedwiththeprideofsuccessfulreconstruction.
Poirotlookedatmethoughtfully.
“IthinkthatyoushouldwritefortheKinema,monami,”heremarkedatlast.
“Youmean—?”
“Itwouldmakeagoodfilm,thestorythatyouhaverecountedtomethere—butitbearsnosortofresemblancetoeverydaylife.”
“IadmitthatIhaven’tgoneintoallthedetails,but—”
“Youhavegonefurther—youhaveignoredthemmagnificently.Whataboutthewaythetwomenweredressed?Doyousuggestthatafterstabbinghisvictim,Conneauremovedhissuitofclothes,donnedithimself,andreplacedthedagger?”
“Idon’tseethatthatmatters,”Iobjectedratherhuffily.“HemayhaveobtainedclothesandmoneyfromMadameDaubreuilbythreatsearlierintheday.”
“Bythreats—eh?Youseriouslyadvancethatsupposition?”
“Certainly.HecouldhavethreatenedtorevealheridentitytotheRenaulds,whichwouldprobablyhaveputanendtoallhopesofherdaughter’smarriage.”
“Youarewrong,Hastings.Hecouldnotblackmailher,forshehadthewhiphand.GeorgesConneau,remember,isstillwantedformurder.
