simpson, my name is poirot. hercule poirot. >> oh. yes. >> may we have a moment of your so valuable time? >> certainly. come in. >> thank you. mr. simpson, mrs. todd has engaged me to find eliza dunn. the cook. >> who? where is she? >> well, that is what we do not know, monsieur. you know her, of course. >> well, i must have met her, i suppose. >> well, it would seem that miss dunn has not been seen since wednesday. did you see her on that day? >> i don't think so. >> no? >> i don't know. >> you were at work as usual on wednesday? >> yes. >> well, thank you, mr. simpson. it was most kind of you to spare us the time. tell me, mr. simpson, what does a young fellow find to do around here of an evening, ah? >> oh, the usual things, you know. >> oh, musical evenings, amateur theatricals, that kind of thing? >> yes, i suppose so. >> you do not interest yourself? >> afraid not. >> no. thank you. >> i think that husband's got something to do with it. >> to do with the missing cook? >> there's something about him i don't trust. >> merely becau

poirot. >> poirot. >> annie, i need to ask you a question. can you help me? >> i'll try, sir. >> last friday, clotter-patterson came to collect eliza's trunk, yes? >> her box? yes, sir. >> you were here when he came? >> oh, yes, sir. i had to show them up to eliza's room for them to take the top. >> bon. >> it was ever so heavy, sir. it took 3 of them to get it down the stairs. you all right, sir? >> of course. tell me, annie, you said her box was already packed. >> oh, yes, sir. packed, locked, and corded. quite a thick rope around it, and done up ever so tight. >> did it have a label on it? >> yes, it did, sir. >> with an address? >> just a name. miss eliza dunn, it said. twickenham station, to be called for. >> ah, very well, annie. thank you. au revoir. >> au revoir, sir. ha ha! >> ah, excellente. >> then why would crutchett want to perpetrate such an elaborate hoax? >> ah, that is a very good question, hastings. but eliza dunn has got her house. >> i shall be surprised if she finds she has more than a 6-months' lease. [rings bell] >> so what did crutchet