Katherine says she saw Derek enter Ruth's compartment. He is suspicious of Ruth's husband, Derek Kettering, who was on the same train but claims not to have seen Ruth. The police suspect that Ruth's lover, the Comte de la Roche, killed her and stole the rubies, but Poirot does not think he is guilty. Ruth's maid, Ada Mason, says she saw a man in Ruth's compartment but could not see who he was. Ruth's father, the American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin, and his secretary, Major Knighton, convince Poirot to take on the case. The famous ruby, "Heart of Fire", which had recently been given to Ruth by her father, is discovered to be missing. The next morning, though, Ruth is found dead in her compartment, a victim of strangulation. On board Grey meets Ruth Kettering, an American heiress leaving her unhappy marriage to meet her lover. So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first winter out of England, after recently receiving a relatively large inheritance. Poirot boards Le Train Bleu, bound for the French Riviera. 2.4 The Blue Train, Nice and the Riviera.
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