Famous artist painting

Famous artist painting
In the days that followed I found Poirot curiously disinclined todiscuss the case.When I tried to reopen the subject he waved it aside withan impatient hand. In my own mind I was afraid that I fathomed his motive.Over the murderof Mrs Ascher，Poirot had sustained a defeat.A B C had challenged him-and AB C had won.My friend，accustomed to an unbroken line of successes，wassensitive 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.
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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 wasreturned of murder by some person or persons unknown.The crime attractedvery little attention in the press.It had no popular or 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.
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