I had noticed that for some time Poirot had been growing in-creasingly dissatisfied and restless.
We had had no interesting cases of late, nothing on which my little friend could exercise his keenwits and remarkable1 powers of deduction2. This morning he flung down the newspaper with animpatient 'Tchah!' - a favourite exclamation3 of his which sounded exactly like a cat sneezing.
'They fear me, Hastings; the criminals of your England they fear mci When the cat is there, thelittle mice, they come no more to the cheesel'
'I don't suppose the greater part of them even know of your existence,' I said, laughing.
Poirot looked at me reproachfully. He always imagines that the whole world is thinking andtalking of Hercule Poirot. tie had certainly made a name for himself in London, but I could hardlybelieve that his existence struck terror into the criminal world.
'What about that daylight robbery of jewels in Bond Street the other day?' I asked.
'A neat coup,' said Poirot approvingly, 'though not in my line.
Pas de finesse5, seuelment de l'audace! A man with a loaded cane6 smashes the plate-glass windowof a jeweller's shop and grabs a number of precious stones. Worthy7 citizens immediately seizehim; a policeman arrives. He is caught red-handed with the jewels on him. He is marched off tothe police, and then it is discovered that the stones are paste. He has passed the real ones to aconfederate - one of the aforementioned worthy citizens. He will go to prison - true; but when hecomes out, there will be a nice little fortune awaiting him. Yes, not badly imagined. But I could dobetter than that. Sometimes, Hastings, I regret that I am of such a moral disposition8. To workagainst the law, it would be pleasing, for a change.'
'Cheer up, Poirot; you know you are unique in your own line.' 'But what is there on hand in myown line?' I picked up the paper.
'Here's an Englishman mysteriously done to death in Holland,' I said.
'They always say that - and later they find that he ate the tinned fish and that his death is perfectlynatural.' 'Well, if you're determined9 to grouse10?
'Tiens!' said Poirot, who had strolled across to the window.
'Here in the street is what they call in novels a "heavily veiled lady". She mounts the steps; sherings the bell - she comes to consult us. Here is a possibility of something interesting. When one isas young and pretty as that one, one does not veil the face except for a big affair.' A minute laterour visitor was ushered11 in. As Poirot had said, she was indeed heavily veiled. It was impossible todistinguish her features until she raised her veil of black Spanish lace. Then I saw that Poirot'sintuition had been right; the lady was extremely pretty, with fair hair and large blue eyes. From thecostly simplicity12 of her attire13, I deduced at once that she belonged to the upper strata14 of society.
'Monsieur Poirot,' said the lady in a soft, musical voice, 'I am in great trouble. I can hardly believethat you can help me, but I have heard such wonderful things of you that I come literally15 as a lasthope to beg you to do the impossible.' 'The impossible, it pleases me always,' said Poirot.
'Continue, I beg of you, mademoiselle.' Our fair guest hesitated.
'But you must be frank,' added Poirot. 'You must not leave me in the dark on any point.' 'I willtrust you,' said the girl suddenly. 'You have heard of Lady Millicent Castle Vaughan?' I looked upwith keen interest. The announcement of Lady Millicent's engagement to the young Duke ofSouthshire had appeared a few days previously16. She was, I knew, the fifth daughter of animpecunious Irish peer, and the Duke of Southshire was one of the best matches in England.
'Iarn Lady Millicent,' continued the girl. 'You may have read of nY engagement. I should be one ofthe happiest girls alive; but oh, M. Poirot, I am in terrible troublel There is a man, a horrible man -his name is Lavington; and he - I hardly know how to tell you. 'Ihere was a letter I wrote - I wasonly sixteen at the time; and he - he - '
'? letter that you wrote to this Mr Lavington?'
'Oh no - not to him! To a young soldier - I was very fond of him- he was killed in the war.'
'I understand,' said Poirot kindly17.
'It v/as a foolish letter, an indiscreet letter, but indeed, M.
PoirOt, nothing more. But there are phrases in it which - which might bear a differentinterpretation.'
'I see,' said Poirot. 'And this letter has come into the possession of lgr Lavington?'
'?e, and he threatens, unless I pay him an enormous sum of money, a sum that it is quiteimpossible for me to raise, to send it to the Duke.'
'The dirty swinel' I ejaculated. 'I beg your pardon, Lady Millicent.'
'l/culd it not be wiser to confess all to your future husband?' 'I &are not, M. Poirot. The Duke is arather peculiar18 character, jealous and suspicious and prone19 to believe the worst. I might as wellbreak off my engagement at once.'
'l)ear, dear,' said Poirot with an expressive20 grimace21. 'And what do you want me to do, milady?'
'I thought perhaps that I might ask Mr Lavington to call upon you. I would tell him that you wereempowered by me to discuss the matter. Perhaps you could reduce his demands.'
'Btlat sum does he mention?'
've'enty thousand pounds - an impossibility. I doubt if I could xaise a thousand, even.'
"/ora might perhaps borrow the money on the prospect22 of your aplrOching marriage - but I doubtif you could get hold of half that sram. Besides - eh bien, it is repugnant to me that you shouldpayl 1o, the ingenuity23 of Hercule Poirot shall defeat your enemiesl' Cheer up, Poirot; you know you are unique in your own line.' · But what is there on hand in myown line?' I picked up the paper.
' Here's an Englishman mysteriously done to death in Holland,' I staid.
' They always say that - and later they find that he ate the tinned fisl and that his death is perfectlynatural.' ' Well, if you're determined to grouse!' "Tiens!' said Poirot, who had strolled across to thewindow.
'HEre in the street is what they call in novels a "heavily veiled lacy". She mounts the steps; sherings the bell - she comes to consult us. Here is a possibility of something interesting. When one isas young and pretty as that one, one does not veil the face except for- a big affair.' minute later ourvisitor was ushered in. As Poirot had said, she was indeed heavily veiled. It was impossible todistinguish her features until she raised her veil of black Spanish lace. Then I sa;v that Poirot'sintuition had been right; the lady was extremely pretty, with fair hair and large blue eyes. From thecostly simplicity of her attire, I deduced at once that she belonged to the upper tr ara of society.
Monsieur Poirot,' said the lady in a soft, musical voice, 'I am in great trouble. I can hardly believethat you can help me, but I halve24 heard such wonderful things of you that I come literally as a lasthope to beg you to do the impossible.' 'The impossible, it pleases me always,' said Poirot.
'Continue, I leg of you, mademoiselle.' Our fair guest hesitated.
'But you must be frank,' added Poirot. 'You must not leave me in the dark on any point.' 'I willtrust you,' said the girl suddenly. 'You have heard of Ldy Millicent Castle Vaughan?' I looked upwith keen interest. The announcement of Lady M2illicent's engagement to the young Duke ofSouthshire had alpeared a few days previously. She was, I knew, the fifth daughter of animpecunious Irish peer, and the Duke of Southshire was one of the best matches in England.
'I am Lady Millicent,' continued the girl. 'You may have read of my engagement. I should be oneof the happiest girls alive; but oh, M. Poirot, I am in terrible troublel There is a man, a horribleman - his name is Lavington; and he - I hardly know how to tell you. There was a letter I wrote - Iwas only sixteen at the time; and he - he ' 'A letter that you wrote to this Mr Lavington?' 'Oh no -not to him! To a young soldier - I was very fond of him - he was killed in the war.' 'I understand,'
said Poirot kindly.
'It was a foolish letter, an indiscreet letter, but indeed, M.
Poirot, nothing more. But there are phrases in it which - which might bear a differentinterpretation.' 'I see,' said Poirot. 'And this letter has come into the possession of Mr Lavington?'
'Yes, and he threatens, unless I pay him an enormous sum of money, a sum that it is quiteimpossible for me to raise, to send it to the Duke.' 'The dirty swine? I ejaculated. 'I beg yourpardon, Lady Millicent.' 'Would it not be wiser to confess all to your future husband?' 'I dare not,M. Poirot. The Duke is a rather peculiar character, jealous and suspicious and prone to believe theworst. I might as well break off my engagement at once.' 'Dear, dear,' said Poirot with anexpressive grimace. 'And what do you want me to do, milady?' 'I thought perhaps that I might askMr Lavington to call upon you. I would tell him that you were empowered by me to discuss thematter. Perhaps you could reduce his demands.' 'What sum does he mention?' 'Twenty thousandpounds - an impossibility. I doubt if I could raise a thousand, even.' 'You might perhaps borrowthe money on the prospect of your approaching marriage - but I doubt if you could get hold of halfthat sum. Besides - eh bien, it is repugnant to me that you should payl No, the ingenuity of HerculePoirot shall defeat your enemiesl
Send me this Mr Lavington. Is he likely to bring the letter with him?'
The girl shook her head.
'I do not think so. He is very cautious.'
'I suppose there is no doubt that he really has it?'
'He showed it to me when I went to his house.'
'You went to his house? That was very imprudent, milady.'
'Was it? I was so desperate. I hoped my entreaties25 might move him.'
'Oh, Id Id! The Lavingtons of this world are not moved by entreatiesl He would welcome them asshowing how much im-portance you attached to the document. Where docs he live, this fraegentleman?'
'At Buona Vista26, Wimbledon. I went there after dark - ' Poirot groaned27. 'I declared that I wouldinform the police in the end, but he only laughed in a horrid28, sneering29 manner. "By all means, mydear Lady Millicent, do so if you wish," he said.'
'Yes, it is hardly an affair for the police,' murmured Poirot.
' "But I think you will be wiser than that," he continued. "See, here is your letter - in this littleChinese puzzle boxl" He held it o that I could see. I tried to snatch at it, but he was too quick forme. With a horrid smile he folded it up and replaced it in the little wooden box. "It will be quitesafe here, I assure you," he said, "and the box itself lives in such a clever place that you wouldnever find it." My eyes turned to the small wall-safe, and he shook his head and laughed. "I have abetter30 safe than that," he said. Oh, he was odiousl M. Poirot, do you think that you can help me?'
'Have faith in Papa Poirot. I will find a way.'
These reassurances32 were all very well, I thought, as Poirot gallantly33 ushered his fair client downthe stairs, but it seemed to me that we had a tough nut to crack. I said as much to Poirot when hereturned. He nodded ruefully.
'Yes - the solution does not leap to the eye. He has the whip hand, this M. Lavington. For themoment I do not see how we · re to circumvent34 him.'
Mr Lavingdon duly called upon us that afternoon. Lady Millicent had spoken truly when shedescribed him as an odious31 man. I felt a positive tingling35 in the end of my boot, so keen was I tokick him down the stairs. He was blustering36 and overbearing in manner, laughed Poirot's gentlesuggestions to scorn, and generally showed himself as master of the situation. I could not helpfeeling that Poirot was hardly appearing at his best. He looked discouraged and crestfallen37.
'Well, gentlemen,' said Lavington, as he took up his hat, 'we don't seem to be getting much further.
The case stands like this: I'll let the Lady Millicent off cheap, as she is such a charming younglady.' He leered odiously38. 'We'll say eighteen thousand.
I'm off to Paris today - a little Piece of business to attend to over there. I shall be back on Tuesday.
Unless the money is paid by Tuesday evening, the letter goes to the Duke. Don't tell me LadyMillicent can't raise the money. Some of her gentlemen friends would be only too willing to obligesuch a pretty woman with a loan - if she goes the right way about it.'
My face flushed, and I took a step forward, but Lavington had wheeled out of the room as hefinished his sentence.
'My GodI' I cried. 'Something has got to be done. You seem to be taking this lying down, Poirot.'
'You have an excellent heart, my friend - but your grey cells are in a deplorable condition. I haveno wish to impress Mr Lavington with my capabilities39. The more pusillanimous40 he thinks me, thebetter.'
'Why?'
'It is curious,' murmured Poirot reminiscently, 'that I should have uttered a wish to work againstthe law just before Lady Millicent arrivedl'
'You are going to burgle his house while he is away?' I gasped41.
'Sometimes, Hastings, your mental processes are amazingly quick.'
'Suppose he takes the letter with him?'
Poirot shook his head.
'That is very unlikely. He has evidently a hiding-place in his house that he fancies to be prettyimpregnable.'
'When do we - er - do the deed?' 'Tomorrow night. We will start from here about eleven o'clock.'
At the time appointed I was ready to set off. I had donned a dark suit, and a soft dark hat. Poirotbeamed kindly on me.
'You have dressed the part, I see,' he observed. 'Come let us take the underground to Wimbledon.'
'Aren't we going to take anything with us? Tools to break in with?' 'My dear Hastings, HerculePoirot does not adopt such crude methods.' I retired42, snubbed, but my curiosity was alert.
It was just on midnight that we entered the small suburban43 garden of Buona Vista. The house wasdark and silent. Poirot went straight to a window at the back of the house, raised the sashnoiselessly and bade me enter.
'How did you know this window would be open?' I whispered, for really it seemed uncanny.
'Because I sawed through the catch this morning.' 'What?' 'But yes, it was the most simple. Icalled, presented a fictitious45 card and one of Inspector46 Japp's official ones. I said I had been sent,recommended by Scotland Yard, to attend to some burglarproof fastenings that Mr Lavingtonwanted fixed47 while he waz away. The housekeeper48 welcomed me with enthusiasm. It seems theyhave had two attempted burglaries here lately - evidently our little idea has occurred to otherclients of Mr Lavington's - with nothing of value taken. I examined all the windows, made mylittle arrangement, forbade the servants to touch the windows until tomorrow, as they wereelectrically connected up, and withdrew gracefully49.' 'Really, Poirot, you are wonderful.' 'Mon ami,it was of the simplest. Now, to work! The servants sleep at the top of the house, so we will runlittle risk of disturbing them.' 'I presume the safe is built into the wall somewhere?' 'Safe?
Fiddlesticks! There is no safe. Mr Lavington is anintelligent man. You will see, he will have devised a hiding-place much more intelligent than asafe. A safe is the first thing everyone looks for.' Whereupon we began a systematic50 search of theentire place.
But after several hours' ransacking51 of the house, our search had been unavailing. I saw symptomsof anger gathering52 on Poirot's face.
'Ah, sapristi, is Hercule Poirot to be beaten? Never! Let us be calm. Let us reflect. Let us reason.
Let us - en! - employ our little grey cells!' He paused for some moments, bending his brows inconcentration; then the green light I knew so well stole into his eyes.
'I have been an imbecile! The kitchen?
'The kitchen,' I cried. 'But that's impossible. The servantsl' 'Exactly. Just what ninety-nine peopleout of a hundred would sayl And for that very reason the kitchen is the ideal place to choose. It isfull of various homely53 objects. En avant, to the kitchenl' I followed him, completely sceptical, andwatched whilst he dived into bread-bins, tapped saucepans, and put his head into the gas-oven. Inthe end, tired of watching him, I strolled back to the study. I was convinced that there, and thereonly, would we find the cache. I made a further minute search, noted54 that it was now a quarter pastfour and that therefore it would soon be growing light, and then went back to the kitchen regions.
To my utter amazement55, Poirot was now standing56 right inside the coal-bin, to the utter ruin of hisneat light suit. He made a grimace.
'But yes, my friend, it is against all my instincts so to ruin my appearance, but what will you?' 'ButLavington can't have buried it under the coal?' 'If you would use your eyes, you would see that it isnot the coal that I examine.' I then saw that on a shelf behind the coal-bunker some logs of woodwere piled. Poirot was dexterously57 taking them down one by one. Suddenly he uttered a lowexclamation.
'Your knife, Hastings!'
I handed it to him. He appeared to insert it in the wood, and suddenly the log split in two. It hadbeen neatly58 sawn in half and a cavity hollowed out in the centre. From this cavity Poirot took alittle wooden box of Chinese make.
'Well done!' I cried, carried out of myself.
'Gently, Hastingsl Do not raise your voice too much. Come, let us be off, before the daylight isupon us.' Slipping the box into his pocket, he leaped lightly out of the coal-bunker, brushedhimself down as well as he could, and leaving the house by the same way as we had come, wewalked rapidly in the direction of London.
'But what an extraordinary place!' I expostulated. 'Anyone might have used the log.' 'In July,Hastings? And it was at the bottom of the pile - a very ingenious hiding-place. Ah, here is a taxilNow for home, a wash, and a refreshing59 sleep.'
After the excitement of the night, I slept late. When I finally strolled into our sitting-room60 justbefore one o'clock, I was surprised to see Poirot, leaning back in an armchair, the Chinese boxopen beside him, calmly reading the letter he had taken from it.
He smiled at me affectionately, and tapped the sheet he held.
'She was right, the Lady Millicent; never would the Duke have pardoned this letter{ It containssome of the most extravagant61 terms of affection I have ever come across.' 'Really, Poirot,' I said,rather disgustedly, 'I don't think you should really have read the letter. That's the sort of thing thatisn't done.' 'It is done by Hercule Poirot,' replied my friend imperturbably62.
'And another thing,' I said. 'I don't think using Japp's official card yesterday was quite playing thegame.' 'But I was not playing a game, Hastings. I was conducting a case.' I shrugged63 my shoulders.
One can't argue with a point of view.
'A step on the stairs,' said Poirot. 'That will be Lady Millicent.' Our fair client came in with ananxious expression on her face
which changed to one of delight on seeing the letter and go: which Poirot held up.
'Oh, M. Poirot. How wonderful of you! How did you do it?' 'By rather reprehensible64 methods,milady. But Mr Lavingto will not prosecute65. This is your letter, is it not?' She glanced through it.
'Yes. Oh, how can I ever thank youl You are a wonderfu wonderful man. Where was it hidden?'
Poirot told her.
'How very clever of you? She took up the smll box from th table. 'I shall keep this as a souvenir.' 'Ihad hoped, milady, that you would permit fne to keep it. also as a souvenir.' 'I hope to send you abetter souvenir than that - on my wedding day. You shall not find me ungrateful, M. Poirot.' 'Thepleasure of doing you a service will be more to me than cheque - so you permit that I retain thebox.' 'Oh no, M. Poirot, I simply must have that,' she cried !aug} ingly.
She stretched out her hand, but Poirot was before her./lis hah closed over it.
'I think not.' His voice had changed.
'What do you mean?' Her voice seemed to have grown sharpe 'At any rate, permit me to abstractits further contents. Yo observe that the original cavity has been reduced by hall In th top half, thecompromising letter; in the bottom -- ' He made a nimble gesture, then held out his haod. On thepair were four large glittering stones, and two big milky66 white pearl: 'The jewels stolen in BondStreet the other day, I rather fancy murmured Poirot. 'Japp will tell us.' To my utter amazement,Japp himself stepped out from Poirot bedroom.
'An old friend of yours, I believe,' said Poirot politely to La Milllcent.
'Nabbed, by the Lord!' said Lady Millicent, with a comple change of manner. 'You nippy olddevill' She looked at Poirot wit almost affectionate awe44.
'Well, Gertie, my dear,' said Japp, 'the game's up this time, I fancy. Fancy seeing you again sosooni We've got your pal67, too, the gentleman who called here the other day calling himselfLavington. As for Lavington himself, alias68 Croker, alias Reed, I wonder which of the gang it waswho stuck a knife into him the other day in Holland? Thought he'd got the goods with him, didn'tyou? And he hadn't. He double-crossed you properly - hid 'em in his own house. You had twofellows looking for them, and then you tackled M. Poirot here, and by a piece of amazing luck hefound them.'
'You do like talking, don't you?' said the late Lady Millicent.
'Easy there, now. I'll go quietly. You can't say that I'm not the perfect lady. Ta-ta, all!'
'The shoes were wrong,' said Poirot dreamily, while I was still too stupefied to speak. 'I have mademy little observations of your English nation, and a lady, a born lady, is always particular abouther shoes. She may have shabby clothes, but she will be well shod.
Now, this Lady Millicent had smart, expensive clothes, and cheap shoes. It was not likely thateither you or I should have seen the real Lady Millicent; she has been very little in London, andthis girl had a certain superficial resemblance which would pass well enough. As I say, the shoesfirst awakened69 my suspicions, and then her story - and her veil - were a little melodramatic, eh?
The Chinese box with a bogus compromising letter in the top must have been known to all thegang, but the log of wood was the late Mr Lavington's own idea. Eh, par4 exernple, Hastings, Ihope you will not again wound my feelings as you did yesterday by aying that I am unknown tothe criminal classes. Ma roi, they even employ me when they themselves fail?
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