Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie 
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 MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 
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M. Bouc whispered in his ear. Poirot nodded and said to the woman: 
“The three sleeping-car attendants are coming in. Will you be so kind as to tell me which is 
the one you met last night as you were going with the rug to the Princess?” 
The three men entered. Pierre Michel, the big blond conductor of the Athens-Paris coach, and 
the stout burly conductor of the Bucharest one. 
Hildegarde Schmidt looked at them and immediately shook her head. 
“No, Monsieur,” she said. “None of these is the man I saw last night.” 
“But these are the only conductors on the train. You must be mistaken.” 
“I am quite sure, Monsieur. These are all tall, big men. The one I saw was small and dark. He 
had a little moustache. His voice when he said ‘
Pardon
’ was weak, like a woman’s. Indeed, I 
remember him very well, Monsieur.” 

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