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Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot from "Murder on the Orient Express". Poirot questions Colonel Arbuthnot again about the pipe-cleaner and the overheard conversation.

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Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot

Poirot questions Colonel Arbuthnot again about the pipe-cleaner and the overheard conversation. Arbuthnot refuses to explain the words, citing loyalty to Miss Debenham. Poirot then reveals that Mary Debenham was a governess in the Armstrong household. Arbuthnot is shocked but maintains her innocence.