日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 1 The Majestic Hotel No seaside town in the south of England is, I think, as attractive as St Loo. It is well named the Queen of Watering Places and reminds one forcibly of the Riviera. The Cornish coast is to my mind every bit as fascinatin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 2 End House Poirot, I said. I have been thinking. An admirable exercise, my friend. Continue it. We were sitting facing each other at lunch at a small table in the window. This shot must have been fired quite close to us. And yet we did not... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 3 Accidents? It was from that moment that the conversation took on a different tone. Up to now, Poirot and the girl had been at cross-purposes. They were separated by a gulf of years. His fame and reputation meant nothing to her-she was of t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 4 There Must Be Something! Poirot, I said, as soon as we were out upon the road. There is one thing I think you ought to know. And what is that, mon ami? I told him of Mrs Rices version of the trouble with the motor. Tiens! Cest interessant,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 5 Mr and Mrs Croft There was dancing that evening at the hotel. Nick Buckley dined there with her friends and waved a gay greeting to us. She was dressed that evening in floating scarlet chiffon that dragged on the floor. Out of it rose her... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 6 A Call Upon Mr Vyse Poirot clung firmly to the Continental breakfast. To see me consuming eggs and bacon upset and distressed him-so he always said. Consequently he breakfasted in bed upon coffee and rolls and I was free to start the day w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 7 Tragedy The first person we saw when we arrived at End House that evening was Nick. She was dancing about the hall wrapped in a marvellous kimono covered with dragons. Oh! its only you! Mademoiselle-I am desolated! I know. It did sound rud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 8 The Fatal Shawl I suppose it was not more than forty seconds that we stood there, frozen with horror, unable to move, but it seemed like an hour. Then Poirot moved forward, shaking off my hand. He moved stiffly like an automaton. It has ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 9 A. to J. I doubt if I shall ever forget the night that followed. Poirot was a prey to such an agony of self-reproach that I was really alarmed. Ceaselessly he strode up and down the room heaping anathemas on his own head and deaf to my wel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 10 Nicks Secret It was daylight when I awoke. Poirot was still sitting where he had been the night before. His attitude was the same, but in his face was a difference. His eyes were shining with that queer catlike green light that I knew so... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 11 The Motive I was dumbfounded. I turned on Poirot. Is this what you meant? Yes, mon ami. This morning-I knew. How did you know? How did you guess? You said it stared you in the face at breakfast. So it did, my friend. From the front page o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 12 Ellen Poirot said no word till we had emerged from the nursing home into the outer air. Then he caught me by the arm. You see, Hastings? You see? Ah! Sacre tonnerre! I was right! I was right! Always I knew there was something lacking-some... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 13 Letters Having successfully got rid of Ellen, Poirot turned a somewhat thoughtful face towards me. I wonder now-did she hear those shots? I think she did. She heard them, she opened the kitchen door. She heard Nick rush down the stairs an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 14 - The Mystery of the Missing Will We went straight back to the nursing home. Nick looked rather surprised to see us. Yes, Mademoiselle, said Poirot, answering her look. I am like the Jack in the Case. I pop up again. To begin with I will... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 15 Strange Behaviour of Frederica Poirots inventions about the Chief Constable were proved not to have been so mendacious after all. Colonel Weston called upon us soon after lunch. He was a tall man of military carriage with considerable goo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 16 Interview with Mr Whitfield The inquest was a dry proceeding-mere bare bones. There was evidence of identification, then I gave evidence of the finding of the body. Medical evidence followed. The inquest was adjourned for a week. The St L... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 17 A Box of Chocolates All the way to the nursing home Poirot murmured and muttered to himself. He was full of self-reproach. I should have known, he groaned. I should have known! And yet, what could I do? I took every precaution. It is impo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 18 The Face at the Window The events of the next day are completely hazy in my memory. I was unfortunate enough to awake with fever on me. I have been liable to these bouts of fever at inconvenient times ever since I once contracted malaria.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 19 Poirot Produces a Play It was a curious gathering that met that night at End House. I had hardly seen Poirot all day. He had been out for dinner but had left me a message that I was to be at End House at nine oclock. Evening dress, he had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 20 J. It was all so sudden that for a moment no one knew what had happened. Then, with a violent exclamation, Poirot ran to the window. Challenger was with him. A moment later they reappeared, carrying with them the limp body of a man. As th... 阅读全文>>