I was dumbfounded. What on earth could Poirot be doing in
London! Was it a sudden decision on his part, or had he already
made up his mind when he parted from me a few hours earlier?
I retraced my steps to Styles in some annoyance. With Poirot
away, I was uncertain how to act. Had he foreseen this arrest?
Had he not, in all probability, been the cause of it? Those
questions I could not resolve. But in the meantime what was I to
do? Should I announce the arrest openly at Styles, or not? Though
I did not acknowledge it to myself, the thought of Mary Cavendish
was weighing on me. Would it not be a terrible shock to her? For
the moment, I set aside utterly any suspicions of her. She could
not be implicated--otherwise I should have heard some hint of it.
Of course, there was no possibility of being able permanently to
conceal Dr. Bauerstein's arrest from her. It would be announced
in every newspaper on the morrow. Still, I shrank from blurting
it out. If only Poirot had been accessible, I could have asked
his advice.
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