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Fourteen,Race said: “Someone pinched the pistol. It wasn’t Jacqueline de Bellefort. Someone knew enoughto feel that his crime would be attributed to her. But that someone did not know that a hospitalnurse was going to give her morphia and sit up with her all night. And one thing more. Someonehad already attempted to kill Linnet Doyle by rolling a boulder ¹ over the cliff; that someone wasnot Jacqueline de Bellefort. Who was it?”,Poirot said: “It will be simpler to say who it could not have been. Neither Monsieur Doyle,Madame Allerton, Monsieur Allerton, Mademoiselle Van Schuyler, nor Mademoiselle Bowerscould have had anything to do with it. They were all within my sight. ”,“H’m,
” said Race; “that leaves rather a large field. What about motive ²?,“That is where I hope Monsieur Doyle may be able to help us. There have been severalincidents—”,The door opened and Jacqueline de Bellefort entered. She was very pale and she stumbled alittle as she walked.,She sat down and burst into tears.,Poirot patted her on the shoulder.,“There, there. We know that you did not kill Madame Doyle. It is proved—yes, proved, monenfant. It was not you. ”,Jackie sat up suddenly, her wet handkerchief clasped in her hand.,“But who did?
”,He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。,The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机 。