"You permit that I see you again, Mademoiselle?" he said. "Or have you so many friends that your time will be all taken up?"
"On the contrary," said Katherine, "I shall have plenty of leisure, and I shall be very pleased to see you again."
"Excellent," said Poirot, and gave her a little friendly nod. "This shall be a 'roman policier' à nous. We will investigate this affair together."
12. At the Villa Marguerite
"Then you were really in the thick of it all!" said Lady Tamplin enviously. "My dear, how thrilling!" She opened her china blue eyes very wide and gave a little sigh.
"A real murder," said Mr. Evans gloatingly.
"Of course Chubby had no idea of anything of the kind," went on Lady Tamplin; "he simply could not imagine why the police wanted you. My dear, what an opportunity! I think, you know—yes, I certainly think something might be made out of this."
A calculating look rather marred the ingenuousness of the blue eyes.
Katherine felt slightly uncomfortable. They were just finishing lunch, and she looked in turn at the three people sitting round the table. Lady Tamplin, full of practical schemes; Mr. Evans, beaming with naïve appreciation, and Lenox with a queer crooked smile on her dark face.