Chapter 16 Mr. Sixteen Gableby's Report

Mr. Gerby entered the room, and Mr. Poirot motioned him to sit down.He looked around, choosing where to stare while he spoke.As usual, this time his eyes fell on the electric stove, which was off this season.Mr. Gerby was famous for never looking his employer in the eye, always talking to the curtains, the fireplace, the television, the clock, and sometimes the rug or cushion.He took some papers out of the suitcase. Well, said Poirot: What have you collected? various details.Mr. Gerby replied. Mr. Gerby is the most famous informant in London, England, and even Europe. No one knows how he works miracles.He had few assistants, and sometimes he complained that his legs were not what he used to call assistants, but the information he got still surprised employers.

Mrs. Burdencar, he pronounced the name with the tone of a deacon chanting scriptures, as if to follow: Isaiah, chapter four, verse three. He went on to read: Mrs. Bodenka married Cecil.Mr. Albury, wealthy button maker.He later turned to politics and was elected MP for Little Stanmore.In the fourth year of marriage, Mr. Aubrey died in a car accident, and his only son died unexpectedly soon after.Mr. Albury's estate was inherited by his wife, but due to the poor management of the company in the last few years, the total value of the estate was not as large as expected.Mr. Aubury also left a large inheritance to Catherine.Miss Finn, he seemed to have an intimate relationship with his wife behind her back.Mrs. Bordenka continued in politics, and about three years later adopted Catherine.Miss Finn's child.Catherine.Fein's insistence that the child was the late Mr Aubrey's was not convincing according to the investigation.Miss Finn has complicated relationships, and most of her contacts are men with strong financial resources and generous spending.Someone is going to be bought with money, isn't it?Sorry, there will be a big pile of bills this time.

go on.urged Poirot. Mrs. Aubrey agreed to adopt the child and soon married Major Burdencar.Catherine.Fein later became a well-known actor and pop singer with a lot of income. She wrote to Mrs. Burdenka hoping to take back the child, but Mrs. Burdenka refused.Major Bordenka later died in the Malay Peninsula, leaving her a small inheritance, so she has been living well.Another message shows that Catherine.Miss Finn died about eighteen months ago, leaving a considerable fortune in her will to her own son, Desmond, Desmond.Burden card. How generous.Poirot said: How did she die? My sources say he died of leukemia.

The boy inherited his mother's money? The money was entrusted to a lawyer until he was twenty-five years old. Then he can be independent and have a large fortune?What about Mrs. Bodenka? It's no surprise that her investments were less successful.She has a good life, but that's about it. Did Desmond make a will?asked Poirot. I don't know yet, Mr. Gerby said, but I can find out, and I'll let you know when I do. Mr. Gerby stood up and bowed absently to the stove. About an hour and a half later, the phone rang. Hercule.Poirot recorded on the stack of paper in front of him, frowning from time to time, twirling his beard, crossing out certain sentences and rewriting them, repeatedly.When the phone rang, he picked up the receiver and said:

Thanks for that quick move.Yes yes, thank you very much.Sometimes I really don’t know how you collected the information. Yes, this way things are very clear, and the things that were strange before can now be explained.Yes, I know it is, I'm listening Are you sure that's it?He knew he was adopted but never told him who his biological mother was Well, well, I understand that's fine.Do you also figure out another point?Thanks. After hanging up the phone, Poirot continued to take notes. Half an hour later, the phone rang again, and he picked up the receiver. I'm back from Celtnam.Poirot recognized the voice.

Ah, dear lady, are you back?Have you seen Miss Rosentre? I saw her, she was nice, very nice.You're right, she's another elephant. dear madam, do you mean I mean she remembers Molly.Ravenk. And remember her wig? right. Mrs. Olivier described roughly what the retired hairdresser had mentioned. Yes, said Poirot: exactly as Director Glover said, the police found four wigs, a curly one, a dinner one, and two plain ones, four in all. So you already know what I said? No, there are some things I haven't heard.You just said that Mrs. Ravenk already had two wigs and bought two more between three and six weeks before the tragic suicide.Well, that's interesting, isn't it?

It's natural, Mrs. Olivier said: You know, women can break things too, things like wigs, if you accidentally burn it, splash it with stains that can't be removed, or get it stained with other colors, there's nothing you can do about it When repairing or cleaning, of course you have to buy two more.I don't understand why you are so excited? Not exactly excitement, said Poirot: just a point of view.But what's more interesting is that you just mentioned that a French lady brought the wig to order, right? Yeah, I guess it's a chaperone or something, Mrs. Ravenkle was in a hospital or a nursing home and she wasn't well enough to order it herself.

I see. So her French lady companion ordered it for her. Do you know the name of that female companion? I don't know, Madame Rosentre didn't mention her name, and I don't think she knew it either.Probably Mrs. Ravenk made an appointment with her, and the French lady took the wig to measure and order it. Well, said Poirot: so I will know what to do next. What did you find out?Mrs. Olivia asked: Did you do anything? You are always worried about me, said Poirot: always think that I sit in a chair and rest all day, doing nothing. Well, think of it as if you were sitting in a chair, but you rarely get out to do anything.

I may be going out soon, Poirot said: Are you happy?I might as well cross the English Channel, not by boat, but by plane. Do you need me to go with you? No need, said Poirot: this time it will be more appropriate for me to go by myself. are you really going out Of course, I'm running around, and you must be very relieved, ma'am. After hanging up the phone, Poirot found a number in the information he had written down earlier.After the phone call he said: Dear Director Glover, I am Hercule.Poirot, I won't disturb you for long, are you busy now? Not busy, Director Glowell said: the roses are being trimmed.

I want to ask you something, a very small thing. About that couple committing suicide? Yes, you said they had a dog at home, you said that dog used to go for walks with them, right? Yes, there are several references to a dog. It seems that the housekeeper said that the couple took the dog for a walk that day as usual. Did the autopsy report record Mrs. Ravenk's dog bite?Whether it's an old wound or a new one. It's strange that you care about such things.If you don't mention it, I will forget it too.Yes, one or two minor wounds.The housekeeper mentioned that the dog had attacked the mistress several times and bit her.Poirot, it cannot be rabies, please dispel the idea, it is absolutely impossible.They were shot dead and had absolutely no problems with sepsis or tetanus.

I'm not suspicious of the dog, just trying to understand something. She had a newly bitten wound on her body, and it was only a week or two, and she did not seek medical attention for injections, and the wound healed well.Gloway said: As the saying goes, it is the dog that bites that kills (the original sentence is that the person bitten by the dog does not die, but the dog that bites the person dies, from the poem of the British poet Oliver Goldsmith in the 18th century), I don't know where this word came from, but But the dog is not dead.Poirot said: This is not my question.I really want to meet that dog, he must be very smart. After thanking the director, Bai Luo hung up the phone and muttered to himself: A smart dog may be smarter than a policeman.