Poirot, I said, "what was in this particular little bottle?" Poirot looked out of the window. 
Poirot looked out the window because he was trying to figure out a good lie.
mnli hypothesis: Poirot looked out the window because he was trying to figure out a good lie. premise: Poirot, I said, "what was in this particular little bottle?" Poirot looked out of the window. 