pistol, which is found from the Nile wrapped in a bloody handkerchief. Misleadings appear, such as a bottle thrown into the water at the same time and the theft of Linnet's priceless pearl necklace in which Tim Allerton is the key suspect. While visiting Dr. Bessner's room, Louise Bourget, Linnet's maid, says something to Poirot that implies that she could have seen the murderer. Soon she is discovered in her cabin, stabbed through the heart with a scalpel. There is a torn thousandfranc note in her hand that suggests she has tried to blackmail the murderer. Just as Mrs. Otterbourne is about to reveal the name of Louise's murderer, she is shot through an open cabin door. Soon it is discovered that Simon and Jacqueline have worked together all along. The original shooting was staged, leaving a bullet stuck in the leg of a table. As soon as
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