Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Sleep Mystery Episode - Poirot Investigates The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim

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Starting point is 00:01:57 his loyal friend Hastings, and Inspector Jap, as they puzzle over the strange vanishing of a wealthy banker. What begins as an ordinary afternoon tea quickly turns into a tale of secrets, speculation, and a most unusual wager. As Pro uses his famous Little Grey Sells to entangle the truth, you'll be gently carried along by the steady rhythm of the mystery. So relax to this bedtime story. As the great detective does all the thinking for you, let the atmosphere of Old England, the soft lamplight and the quiet order of Poirot's words,

Starting point is 00:02:52 guide you into gentle sleep. A version with no music will be available on my Mysteries at Midnight Podcast and YouTube channel. I'll leave the link in the description. the disappearance of Mr. Davenheim. Poirot and I were expecting our old friend, Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard to tea. We were sitting round the tea table awaiting his arrival. Poirot had just finished carefully straightening the cups and saucers, which our landlady was in the habit of of throwing rather than placing on the table. He had also breathed heavily on the metal teapot and polished it with a silk handkerchief. The kettle was on the boil and a small enamel

Starting point is 00:04:02 saucepan beside it contained some thick sweet chocolate which was more to Poirot's palate than what he described as your English poison. A sharp ratat sounded below, and a few minutes afterwards, Jap entered briskly. Hope I'm not late, he said as he greeted us. To tell the truth, I was yarning with Miller, the man who's in charge of the Davenheim case.

Starting point is 00:04:41 I pricked at my ears For the last three days The papers had been full Of the strange disappearance Of Mr. Davenheim Senior partner Of the Davenheim And Saman

Starting point is 00:04:57 The well-known bankers And financiers On Saturday last He had walked out of his house And had never been seen since I looked forward to extracting some interesting details from Jap. I should have thought, I remarked, that it would be almost impossible for anyone to disappear nowadays. Poirot moved a plate of bread and butter the eighth of an inch and said sharply,

Starting point is 00:05:34 Be exact, my friend, what do you mean by disappear? to which class of disappearance are you referring? Are disappearances classified and labelled then? I laughed. Japp smiled also. Quaro frowned at his both. But certainly they are. They fall into three categories. First and most common, the voluntary disappearance.

Starting point is 00:06:08 Second, the much abused loss of memory case, rare but occasionally genuine. Third, murder, successful disposal of the body. Do you refer to all three as impossible of execution? Very nearly so, I should think. You might lose your own memory, but someone will be sure. to recognize you, especially in the case of a well-known man like Davenheim. Their bodies can be made to vanish into thin air. Sooner or later they turn up, concealed in lonely places or in trunks.

Starting point is 00:07:02 Murder will out. In the same way, the absconding clerk or the domestic defaulter is bound to be run down in these days of wireless telegraphy. He can be headed off from foreign countries. Ports and railway stations are watched and as for concealment in his country, his features and appearance will be known to everyone who reads the daily newspaper. He's up against civilization.

Starting point is 00:07:40 Mon ami, said Poirot, you make one error, you do not allow for the fact that a man who had decided to make a way with another man or with himself, in a figurative sense, might be that rare machine, a man of method. He might bring intelligence, talent, a careful calculation of detail to the task. And then I do not see why you should not be successful in baffling the police force. But not you, I suppose, said Jap, good-humidly, winking at me. He couldn't baffle you, eh, Monsieur Pouro? Poirot endeavoured, with a marked lack of success to look modest. Me also, why not? It is true that I approach such problems with an exact science, a mathematical precision, which seems, alas, only too rare in the new generation of detectives.

Starting point is 00:09:00 Jep grinned more wildly. I don't know, he said. Miller's the man who's on the case. He's a smart chap. He may be very sure. He won't overlook a footprint, or a cigar ash, or even a crumb. He's got eyes that see everything. So, mon ami, said Paro, has the London sparrow. But all the same, I shall not ask the little brown bird to solve the problem of Mr. Davenheim. Come on, Monsieur, you're not going to run down the value of details as clues means. These things are all good in their way.

Starting point is 00:09:52 The danger is they may assume undue importance. Most details are insignificant. One or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells. He tapped his forehead. on which one must rely. The senses misneed. One must seek the truth within, not without.

Starting point is 00:10:22 You don't mean to say, Monsieur Porrow, that you would undertake to solve a case without moving from your chair, do you? That is exactly what I do mean. Granted the facts were placed before me, I regard myself as a consulting specialist. Japp slapped his knee. Hanged if I don't take you at your word.

Starting point is 00:10:51 Bet you a fiver that you can't lay your hand, or rather tell me where to lay my hand, or Mr. Dovenheim, dead or alive, before a week is out. Jap slapped his knee. Hanged if I don't take you at your word. word, bet you a fiver that you can't lay your hand, or rather tell me where to lay my hand on Mr. Davenheim, dead or alive, before a week is out.

Starting point is 00:11:26 Porro considered, epiarm, mona me, I accept the sport. It is the passion of you English, now, the facts. On Saturday last, as is his. usual custom, Mr. Davenheim took the 1240 train from Victoria to Chingside, where his palatial country place, the Cedars, is situated. After lunch, he strolled round the grounds and gave various directions to the gardeners. Everybody agrees that his manner was absolutely normal and as usual. After tea, he put his head into his wife's boudoir, saying that he was going to stroll down to the village and post some letters. He added that he was expecting a Mr. Lowen on business.

Starting point is 00:12:32 If he should come before he himself returned, he was to be shown into the study and asked to wait. Mr. Davenheim then left their house by the front door, passed leisurely down the drive and out of the gate, and was never seen again. From that hour, he vanished completely. Pretty, very pretty, altogether a charming little problem, murmured Borough, proceed my good friend. About a quarter of an hour later, a tall, dark man with a thick black moustache rang the front doorbell and explained that he had an appointment with Mr. Davenheim. He gave the name of Lowen, and in accordance with the banker's instructions were shown into the study.

Starting point is 00:13:39 Nearly an hour passed, Mr. Davenheim did not return. Finally, Mr. Lowen rang the bell and explained that he was unable to wait any longer, as he must catch his train back to town. Mrs. Davenheim apologized for her husband's absence, which seemed unaccountable, as she knew him to have been expecting the visitor. Mr. Lowen reiterated his regrets and took his departure. Well, as everyone knows, Mr. Davenheim did not return. Early on Sunday morning, the police were communicated with

Starting point is 00:14:30 but could make neither head nor tail of the matter. Mr. Davenheim seemed literally to have vanished into thin air. He had not been to the post office, nor had he been seen passing through the village. At the station, they were positive he had not departed by train. His own motor had not left the garage. If he had hired a car to meet him in some lowly spot, It seems almost certain that by this time, in a view of the large reward, offered for information, the driver of it would have come forward to tell what he knew.

Starting point is 00:15:21 True, there was a small race meeting at Entfield five miles away, and if he had walked to that station, he might have passed unnoticed in the crowd, but since then his photograph and full description of him have been circulated in every newspaper and nobody has been able to give any news of him we have of course received many letters from all over England but each clue so far has ended in disappointment

Starting point is 00:15:58 on Monday morning a further sensational discovery came to light behind a portier in Mr. Dovenheim's study stands as safe, and that safe had been broken into and rifled. The windows were fastened securely on the inside, which seems to put an ordinary burglary out of court, unless of course an accomplice within the house fastened the again afterwards. On the other hand, Sunday having intervened, and the household, being in a state of chaos, it is likely that the burglary was committed on the Saturday, and remained undetected until Monday.

Starting point is 00:16:54 Precisely, said Poirot-dryly, well, is he arrested? Say poor voire, Monsieur Lowen. Jap grinned, not yet, but he's under pretty close supervision. Poirot nodded. What was taken from the safe? Have you any idea? We've been going into that with the junior partner of the firm and Mrs. Davenheim. Apparently, there was a considerable amount in Berribons. and a very large summon notes, owing to some large transaction having been just carried through.

Starting point is 00:17:44 There was also a small fortune in jewellery. All Mrs. Dauvinheim's jewels were kept in the safe. The purchasing of them had become a passion with her husband of late years, and hardly a month passed when he did not make her a present of some rare and costly gem, or together a good haul, said Poirot thoughtfully. Now what about Lowen? Is it known what his business was with Davenheim that evening? Well, the two men were apparently not on very good terms. Lowen is a speculator in quite a small way.

Starting point is 00:18:34 Nevertheless, he has been able, once or twice, to score a coup of Davenheim in the market, though it seems they seldom or never actually meet. It was a matter concerning some South American shares, which led the banker to make his appointment. Had Davenheim interests in South America then? I believe so, Mrs. Davenheim appeared to mention that he spent all last autumn in Buenos Aires. Any trouble in his home life? Were the husband and wife on good terms?

Starting point is 00:19:22 I should say his domestic life was quite peaceful and uneventful. Mrs. Davenheim is a pleasant, rather an intelligent woman, quite an unentity, I think. Then we must not look for the solution or the mystery there. Had he any enemies? He had plenty of financial rivals, and no doubt there are many people, whom he has got the better of, who bear him no particular goodwill. but there was no one likely to make a way with him and if they had where is his body

Starting point is 00:20:06 exactly as Hastings says bodies have a habit of coming to light with fatal persistency by the way one of the gardeners says he saw a figure going round to the side of the house toward the rose garden.

Starting point is 00:20:28 The long French window of the study opens up to the rose garden and Mr. Davenheim frequently entered and left the house that way. But the man was a good way off at work on some cucumber frames

Starting point is 00:20:46 and cannot say whether it was a figure of his master or not. Although he cannot fix the time with any accuracy. It must have been before six, as the gardeners cease work at that time. Mr. Devonport left the house.

Starting point is 00:21:11 About half-past five, all thereabouts. What lies beyond the Rose Garden with a boathouse? Yes, a couple of punts are kept there. I suppose your first. you're thinking of suicide, Mr. Poirot. Well, I don't mind telling you that Minas, going down tomorrow,

Starting point is 00:21:37 expressly to see that piece of water dragged. That's the kind of man he is. Poirot smiled faintly and turned to me. Hastings, I pray you, hand me that copy of the daily megaphone.

Starting point is 00:21:55 If I remember rightly, There is an unusually clear photograph there of the missing man. I rose and found the sheet required. Poirot studied the features attentively. Hmm, he murmured. Wares his hair rather long and wavy, full moustache and pointed beard, bushy eyebrows,

Starting point is 00:22:25 eyes dark. Yes, that's right. Hair and beard turning grey. The detective nodded, well, Monsieur Poirot, what have you got to say to it all? Clear as daylight, eh? On the contrary, most obscure.

Starting point is 00:22:48 The Scotland Yard man looked please, which gives me great hopes of solving it. it. Finished Poirot placidly, I find it a good sign when a case is obscure. If her thing is clear as daylight, abya mistrust it. Someone has made it so. Japp shook his head pittingly, well each to their fancy, but it's not a bad thing to see your way clear ahead. I do not see it, murmured Porro. I shut my eyes and think. Japp sighed. Well, you've got a clear week to think in, will bring me any fresh

Starting point is 00:23:44 developments that arise. The result of the labours of the hard-working and links-eyed Inspector Miller, for instance. Certainly, that's in the bargain, said Japp, I accompanied, jabbed to the door. He said to me, Seems a shame, doesn't it? Like robbing a child? I could not help, agreeing with a smile. I was still smiling when I re-entered the room.

Starting point is 00:24:21 Epea, said Poirot immediately. You make fun of Papa Poirot? Is it not so? He shook his finger at me. You do not trust his grey cells? Do not be confused. Let us discuss this little problem. Incomplete as yet, I admit, but already showing one or two points of interest, I said significantly.

Starting point is 00:24:54 And even more than the lake, the boathouse. I look sideways at Poirot. He was smiling in his most insubilant. scruitable fashion. I felt that, for the moment, it would be quite useless to question him further. We heard nothing of Jap until the following evening, when he walked in about nine o'clock. I saw it once, by his expression, that he was bursting with some kind of news. Air be am, my friend, remarked Poirot, all goes well, but do not tell me that you have discovered the body of Mr. Davenheim in your lake

Starting point is 00:25:47 because I shall not believe you. We haven't found the body, but we did find his clothes. The identical clothes he was wearing that day. What do you say to that, clothes, missing from the house, said Poirot. No, his valet is quite positive at that point. The rest of his wardrobe is intact. There's more. We've arrested Loewin, one of the maids, whose business it is to fasten the bedroom windows,

Starting point is 00:26:30 declares that she saw Loewin, coming towards the study, through the Rose Garden, about a quarter past six. That would be about ten minutes before he left the house. What does he himself say to that? said Porro. Jep replied, denied first of all that he had ever left the study, but the maid was positive, and he pretended, afterwards that he had forgotten just stepping out of the window to examine an unusual species of rose. Rather a weak story and there's fresh evidence against him come to light. Mr. Davenheim

Starting point is 00:27:22 always wore a thick gold ring set with a solitaire diamond on that little finger of his right hand. Well, that ring was pawned in London on Saturday night by a man called Billy Kellett. He's already known to the police. Did three months last autumn for lifting an old gentleman's watch. He seems he tried to pawn the ring at no less than five different places, succeeded of the last one, got gloriously drunk on the proceeds, assaulted a policeman, and was run in in consequence. I went to Bow Street with Miller and saw him. He's sober enough now, and I don't mind admitting, we pretty well frightened the life out of him, hinting, hinting,

Starting point is 00:28:28 he might be charged with murder. This is his yarn, and a very queer one it is. He was at Endfield Races on Saturday, though I dare say scarf pins was his line of business rather than betting. Anyway, he had a bad day and was down on his luck. He was trampling along the road to Chingside and sat down in a ditch to rest just before he got into the village.

Starting point is 00:29:05 A few minutes later, he noticed a man coming along the road to the village. Dark complexion's gent, with a big moustache, one of them city toffs, is the description of the man. Kennet was half concealed from the road by a heap of stones. Just before he caught abreast of him, the man looked quickly up and down the road, and seeing it apparently deserted, he took a small object from his pocket and threw it over the hedge. Then he went on towards the station. Now the object he had thrown over the hedge had fallen with a slight chink which aroused the curiosity of the human derrick.

Starting point is 00:29:58 in the ditch. He investigated, and after a short search, discovered the ring. That is Kellett's story. It's only fair to say that Lowen denies it utterly, and of course, the word of a man like Kellett can't be relied upon in the slightest, is within the bounds of possibility that he met Davenheim in the lane and robbed him and murdered him. Poirot shook his head. Very improbable monomé. He had no means of disposing of the body. It could have been found by now.

Starting point is 00:30:46 Secondly, the open way in which he pawned the ring makes it unlikely that he did murder. to get it. Thirdly, your sneak thief is rarely a murderer. Fourthly, as he has been in prison since Saturday, it would be too much of a coincidence that he is able to give so accurate a description of Loewan. Japp nodded. I don't say you're not right, but all the same, you won't get a jury to take much note of a jailbird's evidence. What seems odd to me is that Lowen couldn't find a cleverer way of disposing of the ring. Poirot shrugged his shoulders.

Starting point is 00:31:38 Well, after all, if it were found in the neighbourhood, it might be argued that Davenheim himself had dropped it. But why remove it? from the body at all, I cried. There might be a reason for that, said Jap. Do you know that it just be on the lake, a little gate leads out onto the hill, and not three minutes walk brings you to, what do you think? A lime kiln.

Starting point is 00:32:14 Good heavens, I cried. You mean that the lime which destroyed the body would be powerless to affect the metal of the ring? Exactly. It seems to me, I said, that that explains everything. What a horrible crime. By common consent, we both turned and looked at Poirot. He seemed lost in reflection, his brown-knitted,

Starting point is 00:32:49 as though with some supreme mental effort, I felt that at last his keen intellect was asserting itself. What would his first words be? We were not long left in doubt. With a sigh, the tension of his attitude relaxed, turning to Jap, he asked, Have you any idea, my friend, whether Mr and Mrs. Devonhelm occupied the same bedroom, the question seemed so ludicrously inappropriate that for a moment we both stared in silence. And Jap burst into a laugh.

Starting point is 00:33:43 Good Lord, Monsieur Puerreau, I thought you were coming out with something startling. As to your question, I'm sure I don't know. Could you find out? asked Poirot with curious persistence. Oh, certainly, if you really want to know. Merci, Monomie. I should be obliged if you would make a point of it. Chap stared at him a few minutes longer,

Starting point is 00:34:17 but Poirot seemed to have forgotten as both. The detective shook his head sadly at me And murmuring, Poor old fellow, Wall's been too much for him And he gently withdrew from the room As Puro still seemed sunk in a daydream I took a sheet of paper

Starting point is 00:34:44 And amused myself By scribbling notes upon it My friend's voice aroused me He had come out of his reverie and was looking brisk and alert Kufu la mon ami I was jotting down what occurred to me as the main points of interest in this affair

Starting point is 00:35:12 You've become methodical at last said Poirot approvingly I concealed my pleasure Shall I read them to you By your means I cleared my throat All the evidence points to Lowen

Starting point is 00:35:35 having been the man who forced the safe 2 He had a grudge Against Davenheim 3 He lied in his first statement That he had never left the stony

Starting point is 00:35:52 4 If you accept Billy Kellett's story is true, Lowen is unmistakably implicated. I paused. Well, I asked, for I felt that I'd put my finger

Starting point is 00:36:11 on all the vital facts. Poirot looked at me pittingly, shaking his head very gently. Monpovre amy. But it is that you have not the gift. The important detail, you appreciate him never. Also, your reasoning is false.

Starting point is 00:36:38 How, I replied, let me take your four points. One, Mr. Lowen could not possibly know that he would not have the chance to open the safe. He came for a business interview, He could not know beforehand that Mr. Davenheim would be absent posting a letter, and that he would consequently be alone in the study. He might have seized his opportunity, I suggested. And the tools?

Starting point is 00:37:17 City gentlemen do not carry round housebreakers' tools on the off-chance, and one could not curtain to that safe, with a penknife beyond du. Well, what about number two, I said? You say Lowen had a grudge against Mr. Davenheim? What do you mean is that he had once or twice got the better of him, and presumably those transactions were entered into with the view of benefiting himself? In any case, you do not, as a rule, bear a grudge against a man you have got the better of.

Starting point is 00:38:05 It is more likely to be the other way about. Whatever grudge there might have been would have been on Mr. Davenheim's side, where you can't deny, that he lied about never having left the study. I replied. No, but he may have been frightened. Remember, the missing man's clothes had been discovered in the lake. Of course, as usual, he would have done better to speak the truth. And the fourth point, I said.

Starting point is 00:38:47 I grant you that, if Carrot's story is true, Loen is undeniably implicated. That is what makes the affair so very interesting. Then I did appreciate one vital fact. Perhaps, but you have entirely overlooked the two most important points, the ones which undoubtedly hold the clue to the whole matter. And pray, what are they? One, the passion has grown upon Mr. Davenheim in the last few years for buying jewelry.

Starting point is 00:39:34 Two, his trip to Buenos Aires last autumn. Poirot, you are joking. I am most serious, sacred thunder. But I hope Jap will not forget my little comfort. mission. But the detective, entering into the spirit of the joke, had remembered it so well that a telegram was handed to Poirot about eleven o'clock the next day. At his request, I opened it and it read out. Husband and wife have occupied separate rooms since last winter. Aha, cried Porro, and now we are in mid-June.

Starting point is 00:40:28 All is solved. I stared at him. You have no monies in the bank of Davenheim and Summonomy? No, I said wondering. Why? Because I would advise you to withdraw it before it is too late. Why? What do you expect? I expect a big smash in a few days, perhaps sooner.

Starting point is 00:41:01 Which reminds me, we will return the compliment of a Depeche to inch up. A pencil, I pray you, and a form, voila, advise you to withdraw any money deposited with the firm in question. That will intrigue him the good chap. His eyes will open wide, wide. He will not comprehend in the slightest, until tomorrow, or the next day. I remained sceptical, but to the morrow forced me to render tribute to my friend's remarkable powers. In every paper, was he.

Starting point is 00:41:52 huge headline, telling of the sensational failure of the Davenhelm Bank. The disappearance of the famous financier took on a totally different aspect in the light of the revelation of the financial affairs of the bank. Before we were halfway through breakfast, the door flew open and Jap rushed in. In his left hand was a paper. In the right was Poirot's telegram, which he banged down on the table in front of my friend. How do you know, Monsieur Poirot? How the blazers could you know?

Starting point is 00:42:41 Poirot smiled placidly at him. Ah, mon ami, after your wire, it was a certainty. From the commencement, see you. It struck me that the safe burglary was somewhat remarkable. Jules, ready money, bearer bonds, also conveniently arranged for whom? Well, the good Monsieur Davenheim was one of those who look after number one, as your saying goes. It seemed almost certain that it was arranged for himself. Then his passion over late years for buying jewelry.

Starting point is 00:43:30 How simple. The funds he embezzled, he converted into jewels, very likely replacing them in turn with paste duplicates. And so he put away in a safe place under another name, a considerable fortune to be enjoyed all in good time when everyone had been thrown off the track. His arrangements completed, he makes an appointment with Mr. Lowen, who has been imprudent enough in the past to cross the great man once or twice.

Starting point is 00:44:11 He drills a hole in the safe, leaves orders. that the guest is to be shown into the study and walks out of the house. Where? Porre stopped and stretched out his hand for another boiled egg. He frowned. It is really insupportable, he murmured, that every hen lays an egg of a different size. What symmetry can there be on the breakfast table?

Starting point is 00:44:46 At least they should sort them in dozens of the shop. Never mind the eggs, said Jop impatiently. Let him lay him square if they like. Tell us where our customer went when he left the cedars, that is, if you know. Arbier, he went to his hiding place. Ah, this Monsieur Dauvinheim. There may be some malformation in his house.

Starting point is 00:45:16 his grey cells, but they are of the first quality. Do you know where he's hiding? Certainly it is most ingenious. For the Lord's sake, tell us then. Poirot gently collected every fragment of shell from his plate, placed them in the egg cup and reversed the empty eggshell on top of them. With this little operation concluded, he smiled on the neat effect, and then beamed affectionately on us both.

Starting point is 00:45:56 Come, my friends, you are men of intelligence. Ask yourselves the question, which I asked myself. If I were this man, where should I hide? Hastings, what do you say? Well, I said, I'm rather inclined to think I'd not do a bolt at all. I'll stay in London, in the heart of things. Travel by tubes and buses, 10 to 1.

Starting point is 00:46:29 I'd never be recognised. There's safety in a crowd. Poirot turned inquiringly to Jap. I don't agree. Get clear away at once. That's the only chance. I would have had plenty of time to prepare things beforehand. I'd have a yacht waiting, with steam-up,

Starting point is 00:46:55 and I'd be off to one of the most out-of-the-way corners of the world, before the hue and cry began. We both looked at Poirot. What did you say, Monsieur? For a moment he remained silent, then a very curious smile flitted across his face. My friends, if I were hiding from the police, do you know where I should hide?

Starting point is 00:47:29 In a prison, we both said. You are seeking Monsieur Davenheim in order to put him in prison, so you never dream of looking to see if he may not be already there. What do you mean, Poirot? You tell me, Madame Davenheim, is not a very intelligent woman. Nevertheless, I think that if you took her to Bow Street and confronted her with a man, Billy Kennet,

Starting point is 00:48:06 she would recognise him, in spite of the fact that he has shaved his head and moustache, and those bushy eyebrows, and has cropped his hair close. A woman nearly always knows her husband, though the rest of the world may be deceived. Billy Kellett, but he's known to the police. Did I not tell you, Davenheim was a clever man. He prepared his alibi long beforehand. He was not in Buenos Aires last autumn.

Starting point is 00:48:44 He was creating the character of Mini Kennet, doing three months, so that the police should have no suspicions when the time came. He was playing, remember, for a large fortune, as well as liberty. It was worth doing the thing thoroughly, only, yes? Afterwards, he had to wear a false beard and witty. had to make up as himself again, and to sleep with a false beard is not easy. It invites detection. He cannot risk continuing to share the chamber of Madame his wife. You found out for me that for the last six months or ever since his supposed return from Buenos Aires, he and Mrs. Davenhelm

Starting point is 00:49:46 occupied separate roofs. Then I was sure everything fitted in. The gardener, who fancied he saw his master going round to the side of the house, was quite right. He went to the boat house, donned his tramp clothes, which you may be sure had been safely hidden from the eyes of his valet, dropped the others in the lake, and, proceeded to carry out his plan by pawning the ring in an obvious manner, assaulting a policeman, getting himself safely into the haven of Beau Street, where nobody would ever dream of looking for him.

Starting point is 00:50:35 It's impossible, murdered Jap. Ask madame, said my friend, smiling. The next day, a registered letter, lay beside Poirre's plate. He opened it, and a five-pound note fluttered out. My friend's brow pocket, asked Sacra. But what shall I do with it? I have much remorse.

Starting point is 00:51:06 Se pooh, Jack. Ah, an idea. We will have a little dinner we three. That consoles me. It was really too easy. I am ashamed. who would not rob a child. Miel toner.

Starting point is 00:51:24 Man o me, what have you? That you laugh so heartily.

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Sleep Mystery Episode - Poirot Investigates The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim

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