Henri Matisse Painting

Henri Matisse Painting
"You，I understand，went to the police of your own accord?" "Certainly I did.As soon as I heard of the shocking occurrence Iperceived that my statement might be helpful and came forward accordingly." "A very proper spirit，"said Poirot solemnly."Perhaps you will be sokind as to repeat your story to me." "By all means.I was returning to this house and at5.30precisely-""Pardon，how was it that you knew the time so accurately?" Mr Partridge looked a little annoyed at being interrupted. "The church clock chimed.I looked at my watch and found I was a minuteslow.That was just before I entered Mrs Ascher's shop."
Henri Matisse Painting
"Were you in the habit of making purchases there?" "Fairly frequently.It was on my way home. About once or twice a week I was in the habit of purchasing two ouncesof John Cotton mild." "Did you know Mrs Ascher at all?Anything of her circumstances or herhistory?" "Nothing whatever.Beyond my purchase and an occasional remark as to thestate of the weather，I had never spoken to her." "Did you know she had a drunken husband who was in the habit ofthreatening her life?" "No，I knew nothing whatever about her." "You knew her by sight，however.Did anything about her appearance strikeyou as unusual yesterday evening?Did she appear flurried or put out in anyway?"
Henri Matisse Painting