Ben Hansen
Fifteen connecting flights later, Ben, Hugh and a drowsy Poirot landed in their home town. Poirot was taken into custody by the police, and Ben and Hugh were applauded.
Then they went to visit Mrs. Marple. As Jeeves told them, she was asleep, so they visited the next day.
"So you finally caught him," Marple said.
"Indeed we did," Hugh imaginatively replied.
"And now you can clean up the body," Ben added.
"Hurrah!" cried Jeeves, who grabbed a toilet brush and a bottle of Domestos and fled toward the mouldy corpse.
"That just leaves the matter of payment," Ben said hopefully.
"I was never paying you, remember?" Marple sternly replied.
"Yeah, but we were hoping you wouldn't," Hugh answered.
"Oh, I'll tell you what. I'll pay for your expenses, leaving you exactly as poor as before this entire debacle began," Marple conceded. "Now go away before I change my mind, it's time for my nap."
They did as commanded.
"Well, it's finally over," Ben said.
"Yep, now we can do something else," Hugh answered.
"But what?"
"Walk home?"
"Deal!"
THE END
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