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John Haggadorn. Today a Poirot investigates mystery from Agatha Christie and

before we get started with this story I'd like to mention that I'm currently narrating the

mystery of the blue train another baro mystery by Agthichristy this one in

book form we do need a couple chapters at a time and we're up around chapter 20

right now the mystery of the blue train and

that's at one thousand one stories for the road. So if you don't have one thousand

one stories for the road and you're an Agatha Christie fan good time to check out that story and some of the other stories we've done there as well

And now the adventure of the Italian nobleman

And now our story the Italian nobleman.

And now our story.

Poiro and I had many friends and acquaintances of an informal nature.

Amongst these was to be numbered Dr. Hawker, a near neighbor of ours and a member of the medical

profession. It was the genial doctor's habit to drop in sometimes of an evening and

have a chat with Poirot, of whose genius he was an ardent admirer.

The doctor himself, frank and unsuspicious to the last degree, admire the talents so far removed

from his own. On one particular evening in early June he arrived

about half past eight and settled down to a comfortable discussion on the

cheery topic on the prevalence of arsin cynical poisoning in crimes.

It must have been about a quarter of an hour later when the door of our sitting room flew open and a distracted female precipitated herself into the room.

Oh, doctor, you're wanted. precipitated herself into the room.

Oh, Doctor, you're wanted. Such a terrible voice!

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