<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/c4/b1/58/c4b158615d1d9df571b240860aba733f--hercule-poirot-agatha-christie.jpg)</div>The chief inspector stared at Marta as he placed his notepad underneath his arm and then searched his pockets for his badge.  Meanwhile, the hotelier hurried out of the room and followed the other policemen down the hall.  The least he could do was warn the other guests.  Before leaving, the hotelier added: "I am dreadfully sorry about all of this.  Of course, the hotel will reimburse you for any losses.  Goodbye."<br/><br/>"Oh, get off it," replied the chief inspector under his breath.  "We aren't rifling through your things.  We are looking for a body.  Em... bodies.  Plural.  We are sweeping the entire hotel, looking in only those places where a body could be and--"<br/><br/>The chief inspector finally found a black leather badge case from an inner winter coat pocket, opened it, and revealed a golden badge.  The badge itself was an eight-pointed golden sun with a crown at the top.  In the center, in black lettering, in an imperial font, were the words: "METROPOLITAN POLICE".<br/><br/>"I am Detective Chief inspector James Japp, at your service," Chief Inspector Japp said.  "We are investigating a peculiar matter at this hotel.  Two guests were murdered last night.  Both men bear a striking resemblance to one another.  According to the guestbook, all guests in these rooms checked in this morning.  According to your passports, several of you could not have been in London, as you were elsewhere, at the time of the murder.  But some of you were in the country, and as a matter of course--"<br/><br/>"Cheef Insachepector Japp," a foreign voice murmured at the doorway.  Standing there was a short man with a head like an egg.  He had a fancy mustache and wore a pince nez on the tip of his nose.  He held a bowler hat underneath one arm and a black umbrella underneath the other.<br/><br/>"Poirot, you've come!" said the Chief Inspector.<br/><br/>"Mais oui," Mr. Poirot said.  He gestured a gallant greeting towards all of the guests in the room.<br/><br/>"I must say, Poirot, I've never seen anything like it," the Chief Inspector said as he closed the space between himself and the little man.  "Have you?"<br/><br/>"Only once," Poirot said as he then made a gesture down the hallway.  "I will inspect the bodies.  Continue your questioning, sil vous plait."<br/><br/>And with that, the Chief Inspector turned to look at the guests, awaiting their answers.<br/><br/><strong>YOU MAY ROLL RELEVANT CHECKS, such as KNOW, to know who the identity and reputation of the little man.</strong>