sentence1: Then, if there had been a large patch of candle grease on the floor, you think you would have been sure to have seen it? 46 "Yes, sir, and I would have taken it out with a piece of blotting-paper and a hot iron." Then Poirot repeated the question he had put to Dorcas: "Did your mistress ever have a green dress?"
sentence2: Poirot really wants to know if Dorcas's mistress has a green dress.