Mphe lethathamo la batho bao ho buuoang ka bona litemaneng tse latelang.
Context:lotho Ha a ntse a emetse lijo tsa hae tsa mantsiboea Pleasant's Coffee House, Hercule Poirot o kopana le mosali e mong ea bitsoang Jennie. O bolella Poirot hore haufinyane o tla bolaoa, le hore ha ho letho le ka etsoang ho e emisa; kamora ho hana thuso ea Poirot, Jennie o tloha a le tsietsing, mme Poirot ha a khone ho fumana leseli le leng hape ho basebetsi mabapi le Jennie kapa aterese ea hae. Ka mor'a hore a khutlele ntlong ea baeti moo a lulang teng, Poirot o hlalosa liketsahalo ho Edward Catchpool, ofisiri ea Scotland Yard - Catchpool o senola hore o qetile letsatsi a batlisisa lipolao tse tharo hoteleng ea mabothobotho ea Bloxham; basali ba babeli le monna, kaofela ka likamoreng tse arohaneng, ba fumanoe ba shoele pejana mantsiboea, e mong le e mong a e-na le monogrammed cufflink (e nang le litlhaku 'PJI') melomong ea bona.  Letsatsing le hlahlamang, Poirot le Catchpool ba ea sebakeng sa botlokotsebe moo ba fumanang lintlha tse ling ka bahlaseluoa le mong'a hotele, Luca Lazzari; bahlaseluoa (Harriet Sippel, Ida Gransbury le Richard Negus) kaofela ba ne ba fihlile hoteleng ka thoko ka letsatsi le le leng; phofu e 'ngoe le e' ngoe e fumanoe ka likamoreng tsa bona tsa hotele tse notletsoeng; lipolao li etsahetse lipakeng tsa 19:15 le 20:10 (bahlaseluoa bohle ba bararo ba ile ba bonoa ba phela ka 19:15 ke basebetsi ba hotele); Monghali Negus o ne a bolokile likamore bakeng sa bahlaseluoa bohle ba bararo mme a li lefella pele ho nako; mookameli oa junior o bone Monghali Negus sebakeng sa kamohelo ea baeti metsotso e 15 kamora hore tšebeletso ea kamore e fuoe bahlaseluoa. Hamorao, ho ile ha senoloa hore bahlaseluoa bana bohle ba bararo ba ne ba lula motseng o bitsoang Great Holling, le hore Monghali Negus o ne a lebelelitsoe ke Ida - ho phaella moo, Richard o ne a tlohile Great Holling ka 1913 ka mor'a lefu la moruti oa motse le mosali oa hae, Patrick le Frances Ives. Poirot o romela Catchpool Great Holling ho fumana boitsebiso bo eketsehileng ka bahlaseluoa. Ka mor'a ho fihla motseng, Catchpool o kopana le Margaret Ernst, mohlolohali oa moruti oa morao-rao oa motse. Ka mor'a hore a tsilatsile, Margaret o bolella Catchpool ka liketsahalo tsa 1913. Mosali oa moprista o ne a boleletse Harriet Sippel menyenyetsi ea hore moprista o ne a nka chelete ho baahi ba motse ho ba thusa ho 'buisana' le baratuoa ba shoeleng. Harriet o ile a jala menyenyetsi motseng, a tšehetsoa ke Ida le Monghali Negus. Menyenyetsi e ile ea eketseha ho fihlela ho e-ba le likōpo tsa ho tlosa Ives boemong ba ho ba Moruti,'me bophelo ba Frances ba fokola ka lebaka leo. Qetellong, kaha o ne a sa khone ho mamella menyenyetsi eo, Frances o ile a ipolaea,'me moprista ea neng a utloile bohloko o ile a mo latela nakoana ka mor'a moo. Ka mor'a ho botsoa lipotso, Catchpool o fumana hore lekhabunyane le ileng la bua leshano la pele e ne e le Jennie Hobbs - Jennie eo Poirot a 'nileng a mo batla nako ena eohle.  Ho sa le joalo, ha Catchpool a tloha London, Poirot o hlophisa ho kopana le Nancy Ducane, sebini se tummeng se ileng sa bonoa se tloha hoteleng nakoana kamora lipolao - Nancy le eena o ile a boleloa paleng ea Margaret e le moahi ea bonoeng a etela kereke bosiu le Ives. Nakong ea ketelo, Nancy o tseba mabitso a baahi ba Great Holling empa o hana ho fana ka lintlha tse ling. Leha ho le joalo, Poirot le Constable Stanley Beer ba fumana linotlolo tse lumellanang le likamore tse peli tsa lihotele tsa bahlaseluoa. Ha a ntse a etetse lapeng la motsoalle oa Nancy ho tiisa bopaki ba hae, Poirot o hlokomela lintlha tse'maloa tse tsoang litšoantšong tse fapaneng ka tlung. Nakoana kamora ho khutlela hae, Poirot o ithuta ho Scotland Yard hore polao ea bone e etsahetse Bloxham - le Catchpool, banna bana ba babeli ba khutlela hoteleng - ba fumana letamo la mali, monogrammed cufflink le (ho nyahamisa Poirot) katiba ea Jennie ka phapusing. Ka mor'a hore ba khutlele ntlong ea bona ea baeti, Poirot le Catchpool ba eteloa ke Nancy, ea ipolelang hore o amana le liketsahalo tsa Great Holling; o ne a ratana le Ives,'me Jennie - eo le eena a neng a ratana le moruti - o ne a phatlalalitse menyenyetsi ka lebaka la poulelo. Boiteko ba Nancy ba ho kokobetsa baahi ba motse ka ho ba bolella' nete bo ile ba haneloa,' me ha e le hantle bo ile ba senya botumo ba moruti le ho feta. Letsatsing le hlahlamang, Poirot o nka Catchpool ho ea etela aterese ea Samuel Kidd, eo e leng paki e boneng Nancy hoteleng. Leha ho le joalo, ho e-na le hore ba lumelisane le Samuel, ba lumelisoa ke Jennie Hobbs eo Poirot a senolang hore o ne a kile a lebeletsana le Samuel pele a kopana le moruti. Kamora ho mamela bopaki ba hae, Poirot le Catchpool ba khutlela Great Holling ho arabela tlhaselong e tebileng ho Margaret - kamora ho bua le ngaka ea motse, Ambrose Flowerday, Poirot o nka qeto ea ho khutlela Bloxham lekhetlo la ho qetela ho rarolla nyeoe.  Hotele, Poirot o bokella basebetsi ba hotele le babelaelloa hammoho ho senola tharollo; Nancy Ducane le Jennie Hobbs (ka thuso ea Kidd) ba ne ba rerile ho bolaea bahlaseluoa ba bararo. Nancy le Kidd ba ne ba iketselitse Harriet le Monghali Negus ka 19:15,'me Kidd e ne e le eena monna eo ofisiri e neng e mo bone tafoleng e ka pele ka 19:30. Nancy o ipolela litlōlong tsa molao, empa o hlajoa ka thipa ke Jennie. Scotland Yard, Jennie, o ipolela lehlakore la hae la pale; Ka 1913, menyenyetsi eo Jennie a neng a e entse e ne e hlile e reretsoe ho pholosa Ives moferefereng oa kamano ea hae le Nancy. Harriet o ne a kholisehile hore moprista o ne a ka mo thusa ho bua le monna oa hae ea shoeleng,'me ha a haneloa, ka sehlōhō o ile a jala menyenyetsi Great Holling. Lilemo hamorao, Monghali Negus o ile a ikopanya le Jennie ka lebaka la ho ikoahlaela liketso tsa hae,'me batho bao ba babeli ba ile ba rera ho bolaea batho bohle ba bane ba molato ba neng ba ameha leshanong leo. Monghali Negus le Jennie ba ne ba tla hohela Harriet le Ida ho ea Bloxham ka boikaketsi ba bohata'me ba ba chefo ka thoko; Monghali Negus o ne a tla chefo Jennie,'me qetellong le eena. Leha ho le joalo, Jennie o ile a senolela Nancy ka sephiri hore a qobe lefu la hae,'me a kholisa Richard hore a shoe pele ho eena e le hore a ka fumana toka khahlanong le Nancy. Monghali Negus o ile a lumellana le morero ona,'me Jennie o ile a etsa hore ho bonahale eka Monghali Negus o ipolaile. Jennie o ne a bolaile Nancy ka mor'a hore a senole sebokeng hore kamano ea hae le Ives e ne e le ea nama, ho e-na le lerato le hloekileng leo Jennie a neng a entse hore a le lumele.  Matsatsi a mane ka mor'a hore Jennie le Kidd ba tšoaroe, Poirot le Catchpool ba fumana lengolo le tsoang ho Dr. Flowerday le Margaret Ernst; ba 'nile ba ratana ka lilemo tse ngata,' me ka mor'a hore Poirot a kenelle, ba nkile qeto ea ho nyalana.
1. Ho se be teng. Hercule Poirot 2. Ho se be teng. Jennie Hobbs 3. Ho se be teng. Edward Catchpool, 4. Luca Lazzari 5. Tšoara ka tieo. Harriet Sippel Tse tšeletseng. Ida Gransbury 7. Richard Negus 8. Lilemo tse peli. Patrick Ives 9. Lilemo tse leshome le metso e robong Frances Ives E leshome. Margaret Ernst Lilemo tse leshome le motso o mong. Nancy Ducane Lilemo tse 12. Mohlokomeli Stanley Beer Lilemo tse 13. Samuel Kidd Lilemo tse 14. Ambrose Flowerday