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 We found M. Hautet awaiting us in the hall, and we all proceeded upstairs together, Fran?oise marching ahead to show us the way. Poirot went up in a zigzag fashion which puzzled me, until he whispered with a grimace: ,“No wonder the servants heard M. Renauld mounting the stairs; not a board of them but creaks fit to wake the dead!”,At the head of the staircase, a small passage branched off.,“The servants’ quarters, ” explained Bex.,We continued along a corridor, and Fran?oise tapped on the last door to the right of it.,A faint voice bade us enter, and we passed into a large sunny apartment looking out towards the sea, which showed blue and sparkling about a quarter of a mile distant.,She greeted us with a dignified inclination of the head.,“Pray be seated, monsieurs.
”,We took chairs, and the magistrate’s clerk established himself at a round table.,“I hope, madame,” began M. Hautet, “that it will not distress you unduly to relate to us what occurred last night? ”,“Not at all, monsieur. I know the value of time, if these scoundrelly assassins are to be caught and punished.
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