simply
scrubbed,
ominous
stains
rem er t.
Th0 g
h
well
Suddenly
Poirot
uttered
in ,.
"Those
holes
there they
are
a
h
exclamation
uri
ยท
,ous.
One
would
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43
say that they had been newly made."
The holes in question were at the back of the
chest against the wall. There were three or four of
them. They were about a quarter of an inch in