text: Mr. Hastings , you do not think ” surely it could not have been Lawrence ” Oh , no , that could not be ! But I myself was puzzled , and as soon as I was alone with Poirot I asked him what he thought Sir Ernest was driving at .
  
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  The moment Poirot and I were alone , I inquired as to his opinion about what it might be that Sir Ernest was insinuating .