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sensitive to his failure-so much so that he could not even endure discussionof the subject.It was，perhaps，a sign of pettiness in so great a man，buteven the most sober of us is liable to have his head turned by success.InPoirot's case the head-turning process had been going on for years.Smallwonder if its effects became noticeable at long last. Understanding，I respected my friend's weakness and I made no furtherreference to the case.I read in the paper the account of the inquest.It wasvery brief，no mention was made of the A B C letter，and a verdict
spectacularfeatures.The murder of an old woman in a side street was soon passed over inthe press for more thrilling topics. Truth to tell，the affair was fading from my mind also，partly，I think，because I disliked to think of Poirot as being in any way associated with afailure，when on July 25th it was suddenly revived.