CHAPTER 12. The Goose Quill
That evening, at Poirot's request, I went over to his house after dinner.
Caroline saw me depart with visible reluctance.
I think she would have liked to have accompanied me.
Poirot greeted me hospitably. He had placed a bottle of Irish whiskey (which I detest) on a small table, with a soda water siphon and a glass. He himself was engaged in brewing hot chocolate. It was a favourite beverage of his, I discovered later.
He inquired politely after my sister, whom he declared to be a most interesting woman.
'I'm afraid you've been giving her a swelled head,' I said drily. 'What about Sunday afternoon?' He laughed and twinkled.
'I always like to employ the expert,' he remarked obscurely, but he refused to explain the remark.
'You got all the loca
