The Examining Magistrate checked her.
“Quite so, quite so,” he murmured soothingly. “And now, Mademoiselle, perhaps you will read over the statement of what you have told us, see that it is correct, and sign it.”
Mirelle wasted no time on the document.
“Yes, yes,” she said, “it is correct.” She rose to her feet. “You require me no longer, Messieurs?”
“At present, no, Mademoiselle.”
“And Dereek will be arrested?”
“At once, Mademoiselle.”
Mirelle laughed cruelly and drew her fur draperies closer about her.
“He should have thought of this before he insulted me,” she cried.
“There is one little matter”—Poirot coughed apologetically—“just a matter of detail.”
“Yes?”
“What makes you think that Madame Kettering was dead when the train left Lyons?”
Mirelle stared.
“But she was dead.”
“Was she?”
“Yes, of course. I—”