My only weakness was to shoot him in the center of his forehead and not in his temple, but I could not bring myself to produce an effect so lopsided. I gave to you the clues and every chance to discover the truth, pointing you towards Iago, the original Stephen Norton. Hercule Poirot: I put the key into the pocket of his dressing gown and locked the door from the outside with a duplicate I had made, then returned to my room and began writing this. I had a pistol, which on two occasions I had placed ostentatiously on the dressing table of Norton when he was out, so that the maid would have seen it. Hercule Poirot: I put the dressing gown on Norton, and lay him on his bed. I left the bathroom and returned into the room of Norton, locking the door behind me. Hercule Poirot: I put on the dressing gown of Norton, tapped on your door, then went into his bathroom. You will not have realized, Hastings, that recently I have taken to wearing a false moustache. With the greatest of difficulty, I put him in my wheelchair, then, when the coast was clear, I wheeled him to his room. The dose that would send Norton to sleep would have little effect on me. I take the sleeping tablets and have acquired a certain tolerance.
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