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Shen wound up with a deep gasp. "Nobody saw this man Ascher go into the shop，I believe?"said Poirot. Mrs Fowler sniffed scornfully. "Naturally he wasn't going to show himself，"she said. How Mr Ascher had got there without showing himself she did not deign toexplain. She agreed that there was no back way into the house and that Ascher wasquite well known by sight in the district. "But he didn't want to swing for it and he kept himself well hid." Poirot kept the conversational ball rolling some little time longer，butwhen it seemed certain that Mrs Fowler had told all that she knew not oncebut many times over，he terminated the interview，first paying out thepromised sum.

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Rather a dear five pounds'worth，Poirot，"I ventured to remark when wewere once more in the street. "So far，yes." "You think she knows more than she has told?" "My friend，we are in the peculiar position of not knowing what questionto ask.We are like little children playing cache-cache in the dark.Westretch out our hands and group about.Mrs Fowler has told us all that shethinks she knows-and has thrown in several conjectures for good measure!Inthe future，however，her evidence may be useful.It is for the future that Ihave invested that sum of five pounds." I did not quite understand the point，but at this moment we ran intoInspector Glen.Bouguereau William