Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis stand independently without contradicting or following it? Premise: I have been visiting an old woman in the village, she explained, "and as Lawrence told me you were with Monsieur Poirot I thought I would call for you." Hypothesis: I don't know anyone in the village. 
I have been visiting an old woman in the village, she explained, "and as Lawrence told me you were with Monsieur Poirot I thought I would call for you."###I don't know anyone in the village. 