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“But my dear Hastings, where is the proof? The proof that crime has been committed,” asked the Belgian super sleuth.
“There are all these people saying they received phone calls, Poirot, and . . . ” The moustached detective raised has hand to silence his friend.”
“People may say many things, but without evidence, I can proceed no further.”
“Well what sort of proof do you mean, old man?”
“Are there recordings of these calls? Where are the scripts and tapes of the alleged messages?”
“There are no recordings. People don’t record their own phone calls. No one knew they were about to receive a fraudulent call and therefore should be recording it. As to the perpetrators, they’ve long since erased any evidence of their wrong doing.”
“Then, alas, my hands are, how you say, bound up in cords and knots, and I can do rien.”