黑麦奇案40

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Inspector¹ Neele caught up Lancelot Fortescue as the latter emerged into

the street below.

Lance grinned at him rather sheepishly.

“I didn’t mean to do that,” he said. “But I suddenly lost my temper. Oh!

well—it would have come to the same before long. I’m meeting Pat at the

Savoy—are you coming my way, Inspector?”

“No, I’m returning to Baydon Heath. But there’s just something I’d like to

ask you, Mr. Fortescue.”

“Yes!”

“When you came into the inner office and saw me there—you were sur-

prised. Why?”

“Because I didn’t expect to see you, I suppose. I thought I’d find Percy

there.”

“You weren’t told that he’d gone out?”

Lance looked at him curiously².

“No. They said he was in his office.”

“I see—nobody knew he’d gone out. There’s no second door out of the

inner office—but there is a door leading straight into the corridor from the

little antechamber—I suppose your brother went out that way—but I’m

surprised Mrs. Hardcastle didn’t tell you so.”

Lance laughed.

“She’d probably been to collect her cup of tea.”

“Yes—yes—quite so.”

Lance looked at him.

“What’s the idea, Inspector?”

“Just puzzling over a few little things, that’s all, Mr. Fortescue—”

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1 inspector
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
参考例句：
The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。 The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

2 curiously
adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地
参考例句：
He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。 He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。