Edward Hopper Painting
"What are you getting at,mister?Nobody's got anything againstme?Everyone knows who did the ole girl in,that b-of a husband of hers." "But he was not in the street that evening and you were." "Trying to fasten it on me,are you?Well,you won't succeed.What reasonhad I got to do a thing like that?Think I wanted to pinch a tin of herbloody tobacco?Think I'm a bloody homicidal maniac as they call it?ThinkI-?" He rose threateningly from his seat.His wife bleated out: "Bert,Bert-don't say such things.Bert-they'll think-""Calm yourself,monsieur,"said Poirot.
Edward Hopper Painting
"I demand only your account of your visit.That you refuse it seems tome-what shall we say-a little odd?" "Who said I refused anything?"Mr Riddell sank back again into hisseat."I don't mind." "It was six o'clock when you entered the shop?" "That's right-a minute or two after,as a matter of fact.Wanted a packetof Gold Flake.I pushed open the door-""It was closed,then?" "That's right.I thought shop was shut,maybe. But it wasn't.I went in,there wasn't anyone about.I hammered on thecounter and waited a bit.Nobody came,so I went out again.That's all,andyou can put it in your pipe and smoke it."
Edward Hopper Painting
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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