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An accomplice?"suggested the Assistant Commissioner. "Hardly，"said Poirot."It is odd that-unless-"We all looked at himinquiringly as he paused. He shook his head，however，and the inspector proceeded.That search putsthe matter beyond doubt.I found a block of notepaper similar to that onwhich the letters were written，a large quantity of hosiery and-at the backof the cupboard where the hosiery was stored-a parcel much the same shapeand size but which turned out to contain-not hosiery-but eight new A B Crailway guides!"
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"Proof positive，"said the Assistant Commissioner. "I've found something else，too，"said the inspector-his voice becomingsuddenly almost human with triumph."Only found it this morning，sir.Not hadtime to report yet.There was no sigh of the knife in his room-""It would bethe act of an imbecile to bring that back with him，"remarked Poirot. "After all，he's not a reasonable human being，"remarked the inspector. "Anway，it occurred to me that he might just possibly have brought itback to the house and then realized the danger of hiding it (as M.Poirotpoints out)in his room，and have looked about elsewhere.
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