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I LEARN MY NEIGHBOR’S PROFESSION
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The butler drew the chair in question out a good two feet from the wall, turning it so that the seat faced the door.
"Voilà ce qui est curieux," murmured Poirot. "No one would want to sit in a chair in such a position, I fancy. Now who pushed it back into place again, I wonder? Did you, my friend?"
"No, sir," said Parker. "I was too upset with seeing the master and all."
Poirot looked across at me.
"Did you, doctor?"
I shook my head.
"It was back in position when I arrived with the police, sir," put in Parker. "I'm sure of that."
"Curious," said Poirot again.
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