日期：2024-11-06 Eleven Inspector Colgate was reporting to the Chief Constable. Ive got on to one thing, sir, and something pretty sensational. Its about Mrs. Marshallsmoney. Ive been into it with her lawyers. Id say its a bit of a shock to them. Ive got proof of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VIII It was perhaps an hour later that Hercule Poirot came to the top of the path leading to Gull Cove. There was someone sitting on the beach. A slight figure in a red shirt and dark blue shorts. Poirot descended the path, stepping carefully in his... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VII Rosamund Darnley said: So its my turn, is it? Pardon? She laughed. The other day the Chief Constable held this inquisition. You sat by. Today, I think, you areconducting your own unofficial inquiry. Ive been watching you. First Mrs. Redfern, the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VI Just outside the bar Poirot encountered Mr. Gardener. He was carrying two cocktails and wasclearly on his way to where Mrs. Gardener was ensconced with her jig-saw. He smiled at Poirot in genial fashion. Care to join us, M. Poirot? Poirot shook h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VHercule Poirot tapped gently on the door of Captain Marshalls room. Inside there was the soundof a typewriter. A curt Come in came from the room and Poirot entered. Captain Marshalls back was turned to him. He was sitting typing at the table betwee... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV Hercule Poirot stood by the table where Mrs. Gardener was wrestling with a jig-saw. She lookedup and jumped. Why, M. Poirot, how very quietly you came up beside me! I never heard you. Have you justcome back from the inquest? You know, the very th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III There is something I want to know, Madame? Christine Redfern glanced up at Poirot in a slightly abstracted manner. She said: Yes? Hercule Poirot took very little notice of her abstraction. He had noted the way her eyes followedher husbands figur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Linda came down to the causeway to meet them. She moved with the spasmodic jerkiness of anervous colt. Her young face was marred by deep black shadows under her eyes. Her lips were dryand rough. She said breathlessly: What happenedwhatwhat did th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 Ten The little crowd of people flocked out of the Red Bull. The brief inquest was overadjourned fora fortnight. Rosamund Darnley joined Captain Marshall. She said in a low voice: That wasnt so bad, was it, Ken? He did not answer at once. Perhaps he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VThere was a tap on the door. Come in, said Weston. It was Captain Marshall. He said: Can you tell me what arrangements I can make about the funeral? I think we shall manage the inquest for the day after tomorrow, Captain Marshall. Thank you. Inspec... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV Inspector Colgate said: Ive got those times worked out. From the hotel to the ladder down to Pixy Cove threeminutes. Thats walking till you are out of sight of the hotel and then running like hell. Weston raised his eyebrows. He said: Thats quick... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III Hercule Poirot murmured: And what do we think of Mr. Blatt? Colonel Weston grinned and said: What do you think of him? Youve seen more of him than I have. Poirot said softly: There are many of your English idioms that describe him. The rough dia... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II The third angle, said Colonel Weston with a groan. They were back at the hotel again. The Chief Constable went on: If by any chance theres a dope gang mixed up in this, it opens up several possibilities. First ofall, the dead woman may have been... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 Nine For the second time that morning Patrick Redfern was rowing a boat into Pixy Cove. The otheroccupants of the boat were Hercule Poirot, very pale with a hand to his stomach, and StephenLane. Colonel Weston had taken the land route. Having been d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VStephen Lane strode into the room with his usual vigour. Weston said: Im the Chief Constable of the County, Mr. Lane. I suppose youve been told what hasoccurred here? Yesoh yesI heard as soon as I got here. Terrible Terrible His thin frame quivered... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV And that puts the lid on it finally, said Inspector Colgate. The chambermaid heard him typingup till five minutes to eleven. Miss Darnley saw him at twenty minutes past, and the woman wasdead at a quarter to twelve. He says he spent that hour typ... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III The first person they saw was Colgate. His face was gloomy. Just a minute, sir. Weston and Poirot followed him into Mrs. Castles office. Colgate said: Ive been checking up with Heald on this typewriting business. Not a doubt of it, it couldnt be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Colonel Weston looked in at the door. Hullo, Poirot, still there? I arrive. I arrive, cried Poirot. He hurried out into the corridor. The room next to Lindas was that of the Redferns. Poirot looked into it, noting automatically the trace of two d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 Eight They were standing in the bedroom that had been Arlena Marshalls. Two big bay windows gave on to a balcony that overlooked the bathing beach and the seabeyond. Sunshine poured into the room, flashing over the bewildering array of bottles and j... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VII As always, Hercule Poirot felt a keen sense of pleasure at the sight of Rosamund Darnley. Even to a bare police inquiry into the ugly facts of murder she brought a distinction of her own. She sat down opposite Colonel Weston and turned a grave a... 阅读全文>>