Anchor: To my surprise, he did not examine them, merely remarking approvingly as he relocked the desk: "Decidedly, he is a man of method, this Mr. Inglethorp!" A "man of method" was, in Poirot's estimation, the highest praise that could be bestowed on any individual. 
Entailed: Poirot thought that a man of method was a good thing.
Contradiction: He spent a long time looking through the desk.
Contradiction: A clown is wearing a blue nose.
Contradiction: There is a person outdoors
Contradiction: Guys dressed as girls parade around the neighborhood.
Contradiction: The thoughts in his mind were more clear this time.