The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot 21) - Page 83

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plutocracy, for after they had pssecixo: I"Fo/ e narrow streets of Pollensa and 'ere J['i

curved line of the seashore, they came, ,ed

Pino d'Oro--a small hotel standing o7o e

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PROBLEM AT POLLENSA BAY

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the sea looking out over a view that in the misty

haze of a fine morning had the exquisite vagueness

of a Japanese print. At once Mr. Parker Pyne

knew that this, and this only, was what he was

looking for. He stopped the taxi, passed through

the painted gate with the hope that he would find a

resting place.

The elderly couple to whom the hotel belonged

knew no English or French. Nevertheless the

matter was concluded satisfactorily. Mr. Parker

Pyne was allotted a room overlooking the sea, the

suitcases were unloaded, the driver congratulated

his-passenger upon avoiding the monstrous exi-gencies

of "these new hotels," received his fare

and departed with a cheerful Spanish salutation.

Mr. Parker Pyne glanced at his watch and per-ceiving

that it was, even now, but a quarter to ten,

he went out onto the small terrace now bathed in a

dazzling morning light and ordered, for the sec-ond

time that morning, coffee and rolls.

There were four tables there, his own, one from

which breakfast was being cleared away and two

occupied ones. At the one nearest him sat a family

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