His glance interrogated Mr Waverly. The latter got rather red again.
'The fellow had the impertinence to pretend that he recognized in Tredwell the man who gave him the parcel. "Only the bloke has shaved off his moustache." Tredwell, who was born on the estatel'
Poirot smiled a little at the country gentleman's indignation.
'Yet you yourself suspect an inmate of the house to have been accessory to the abduction.'
'Yes, but not Tredwell.'
'And you, madame?' asked Poirot, suddenly turning to her.
'It could not have been Tredwell who gave this tramp the letter and parcel - if anybody ever did, which I don't believe. It was given him at ten o'clock, he says. At ten o'clock Tredwell waa with my husband in the smoking-room.'
'Were you able to see the face of the man in the car, monsieur?
