The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot 21)

i:ss Lemon, looking intensely

and friendless in this country,

for not wisBing to return tO

fioyed as a kind of drudge,

d companior to an old lady,

mcomplaining."

ss Lemon olediently, but en/

herself beint meek to any of

,,kes a fancy to you. She decide

kY to you. she tells you so.'

l "Yes" a lr.

old

out something'

that

of money

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

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you have not been honest with her. Or it might be

more grave still--a medicine that tasted different,

some food that disagreed. Anyway, she begins to

suspect you of something and she writes to a very

famous detective--enfin, to the most famous.

detective--me! I am to call upon her shortly. And

then, as you say, the dripping will be in the fire.

The great thing is to act quickly. And so--before

the great detective arrives--the old lady is dead.

And the money comes to you Tell

me, does

that

seemto you reasonable?"