"Not famous except to those in the know, I should have said. Most of Captain Harvey's friends and acquaintances consider him an amiable but brainless young man—devoted only to the trot of the fox or whatever the dance is called."
We both laughed.
"Well, well, to business," said Poirot. "You are of opinion the time has come, then?"
"We are sure of it, sir. China was isolated politically yesterday. What is going on out there, nobody knows. No news of any kind, wireless or otherwise, has come through—just a complete break—and silence!"
"Li Chang Yen has shown his hand. And the others?"
"Abe Ryland arrived in England a week ago, and left for the Continent yesterday."
"And Madame Olivier?"
"Madame Olivier left Paris last night."
"For Italy?"
"For Italy, sir. As far as we can judge, they are both making for the resort you indicated—though how you knew that—"