Question: He's there working in the dark, silently, unobtrusively.
He is sending his goons to take action publicly.

Answer: no

Question: What can it be? I mused, won over to Poirot's views for the moment, although still retaining a faint conviction that the obvious deduction was the correct one.
I gave up all indication that the obvious deduction was correct.

Answer: no

Question: And yet, it fits in." I shrugged my shoulders.
I didn't move.

Answer:
no