The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
Inspector Glen was looking rather gloomy.He had，I gathered，spent theafternoon trying to get a complete list of persons who had been noticedentering the tobacco shop. "And nobody has seen anyone?"Poirot inquired. "Oh，yes，they have.Three tall men with furtive expressions-four shortmen with black moustaches-two beards-three fat men-all strangers-and all，ifI'm to believe witnesses，with sinister expressions!I wonder somebody didn'tsee a gang of masked men with revolvers while they were about it!"
The Birth of Venus
Poirot smiled sympathetically. "Does anybody claim to have seen the man Ascher?" "No，they don't.And that's another point in his favour.I've just toldthe Chief Constable that I think this is a job for Scotland Yard.I don'tbelieve it's a local crime." Poirot said gravely: "I agree with you." The inspector said: "You know，Monsieur Poirot，it's a nasty business-a nastybusiness......I don't like it......"
The Birth of Venus