III
An hour later Poirot and Inspector Jefferson had finished interviewing James Drysdale, the butler, William Galveston, the gardener, and Robert Smith, the cook. He was discussing what had been said with Inspector Jefferson.
"The killer must have been a person who wishes to make life unpleasant for Lady Alice, for she seems to be the kind of person who everyone thinks will over react to something like this" Poirot said slowly, as thought he was not sure that he was correct. "I would not be surprised if I was one of the servants, if they did not like their job or their wage, there would be plenty for them to be angry about."
"I think that the butler's the only one with his story straight, he really seems to be an observant type," said Inspector Jefferson "seemed to know where everyone was, what the time was, everything!"
"He did indeed…" said Poirot, his thoughts very far away
"He even said that Miss O'Dreir was a quite keen lacrosse player whilst at school, he said she still has the stick, but not many people know that. However, there are no prints on the stick, the murderer wore gloves"
"Indeed… and we must not forger both the gardener and the cook say they wouldn't be surprised if it were Mademoiselle O'Dreir, they both feel there is something suspicious about her."
"Yes, I was just about to say that" Inspector Jefferson said. "I think we have found our killer"