speak of the difficulty of bringing the murderer to justice? Was it not plain to you that I was speaking of two entirely different persons?”
“No,” I said, “it was not plain to me!”
“Then again,” continued Poirot, “at the beginning, did I not repeat to you several times that I didn’t want Mr. Inglethorp arrested now? That should have conveyed something to you.”
“Do you mean to say you suspected him as long ago as that?”
“Yes. To begin with,
speak of the difficulty of bringing the murderer to justice? Was it not plain to you that I was speaking of two entirely different persons?”
“No,” I said, “it was not plain to me!”
“Then again,” continued Poirot, “at the beginning, did I not repeat to you several times that I didn’t want Mr. Inglethorp arrested now? That should have conveyed something to you.”
“Do you mean to say you suspected him as long ago as that?”
“Yes. To begin with,
