Chapter 18 Eighteen episodes

Hercule.Poirot passed through the gate of the cemetery, walked down the path, and stopped by the low moss-covered wall, looking down at the grave.He stood for a long time, looking at the tombstone, and then at the surrounding hills and grasslands and the sea in the sky.After a while, he turned his eyes back to the grave. There were fresh flowers on the grave, a bunch of variegated wild flowers, which seemed to be placed by a child, but Poirot thought it should not be.He read the epitaph on the monument: commemorate Dorothy.Jallow Died on September 15, 1960 commemorate Margaret.ravenk Sister of the former who died on October 3, 1960

commemorate Alistair.ravenk died October 3, 1960 her husband They will never be separated after death forgive us our debts as we forgive debtors Lord have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us Poirot stood for a moment, nodded, and then left the cemetery and walked along the path leading to the cliff.He stood quietly looking at the sea, and said to himself: Now that I'm sure what happened and why, I can understand the sadness.Alas, I have to look back and face such a distant past.Where I die is the beginning of life (from the four quartets of the British poet Eliot's collection of poems) or should it be rewritten as the beginning of my life is the end of tragedy?That woman in Switzerland must know, but will she tell me?The boys believed she would, for them, for the girl and the boy.They cannot face life unless they know the truth.