Talk:Lord Edgware Dies/@comment-90.219.249.79-20150608185530/@comment-1628620-20151116052831

Yes, Poirot himself does. The gold tooth story is to give Martin an excuse for coming to see Poirot. Once that's out of the way, he can casually mention how ruthless Jane is and how likely she is to be a murderess--he doesn't want that to seem to be the main point of his visit.