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Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story.
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The speaker explains that the case became widely known, so both Poirot, described as a friend, and the family asked for a written account of everything that happened. “Nevertheless” signals that this request came despite something mentioned earlier, which is not included in the quotation.
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