Pardon, madame, I think you have dropped your handkerchief.

You are mistaken, Monsieur, that is not my handkerchief.

Are you sure of that, madameacountess?

Perfectly sure. And yet it has your initial. of that

has your initial the letter H.

I do not understand you, monsieur.

My initials are EA.

I think you are not telling me the truth. How dare you? That was why you concealed

your real initials on your passport with a spot of Greece and why you covered your

initials on your suitcase with a new label, a label which was still wet when I examined your luggage.

Your name is Helena, not Elena.

You are Helena Goldenberg, the younger daughter of Linda Arden.

Helena Goldenberg, the sister of Sonia Armstrong whose child the dead man

Ratchet kidnapped and murdered.

It is useless to deny it madam. You are Helena Goldenberg, the sister of Sonia Armstrong.

I'm not denying it. Yes, I am Sonia's sister.

You did not acquaint me with that fact when I questioned you earlier, Madame la Contes. No, I did not. In fact,

In fact, everything that you and your husband have told me was a tissue of lives.

Monsieur, I cannot allow you to speak.

No, Rudolph.

Monsieur Poiro puts the facts rather brutally, but what he says is undeniable.

I'm glad you admit the fact of freedom, Madam.

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