Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
We had two more interviews before returning to London. The first was with Mr James Partridge.Mr Partridge was the last personknown to have seen Mrs Ascher alive.He had made a purchase from her at 5.30. Mr Partridge was a small man，a bank clerk by profession.He worepince-nez，was very dry and spare-looking and extremely precise in all hisutterances.He lived in a small house as neat and trim as himself. "Mr-er-Poirot，"he said，glancing at the card my friend had handed to him. "From Inspector Glen?What can I do for you，Mr Poirot?" "I understand，Mr Patridge，that you were the last person to see MrsAscher alive."
Marc Chagall Painting
Mr Partridge placed his finger-tips together and looked at Poirot asthough he were a doubtful cheque. "That is a very debatable point，Mr Poirot，"he said."Many people mayhave made purchase from Mrs Ascher after I did so." "If so，they have not come forward to say so." Mr Partridge coughed. "Some people，Mr Poirot，have no sense of public duty." He looked at us owlishly through his spectacles. "Exceedingly true，"murmured Poirot.
Marc Chagall Painting