XXVI

And Nothing but the Truth

There was a dead silence for a minute and a half.

Then I laughed.

“You’re mad,” I said.

“No,” said Poirot placidly. “I am not mad. It was the little discrepancy in time that first drew my attention to you⁠—right at the beginning.”

“Discrepancy in time?” I queried, puzzled.

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