“We do not agree, eh?” said Poirot. “Well, let us leave it. Time will show which of us is right. Now let us turn to other aspects of the case. What do you make of the fact that all the doors of the bedroom were bolted on the inside?”

“Well⁠—” I considered. “One must look at it logically.”

“True.”

“I should put it this way. The doors were bolted⁠—our own eyes have told us that⁠—yet the presence of the candle grease on the floor, and the destruction of the will, prove that during the night someone entered the room. You agree so far?”

“Perfectly. Put with admirable clearness. Proceed.”