日期：2023-09-12 19 Egg had not yet finished her programme for the day. Her next move was to St. Johns House, in which building the Dacres had a flat. There were sumptuous window boxes and uniformed porters of such magnificence that they looked like foreign generals.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 18 The showrooms of Ambrosine, Ltd., were very pure in appearance. The walls were a shade just off white - the thick pile carpet was son neutral as to be almost colourless - so was the upholstery. Chromium gleamed here and there, and on one wall was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 17 So, you see, the fish has risen, said Hercule Poirot. Mr. Satterthwaite, who had been looking at the door which had just closed behind the other two, gave a start as he turned to Poirot. The latter was smiling with a hint of mockery. Yes, yes, do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 16 Good, said Poirot. We are colleagues. Eh bien, you will put me, if you please, au courant of the situation. He listened with close attention whilst Mr. Satterthwaite outlined the steps they had taken since returning to England. Mr. Satterthwaite w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 15 Frankly, said Sir Charles, are we any forrader? It was a council of war. Sir Charles, Mr. Satterthwaite and Egg Lytton Gore were sitting in the Ship-room. A fire burned in the grate, and outside an equinoctial gale was howling. Mr. Satterthwaite a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 14 Mr. Satterthwaite had come down to Crows Nest with Sir Charles. Whilst his host and Egg Lytton Gore were visiting Mrs. Babbington, Mr. Satterthwaite was having tea with Lady Mary. Lady Mary liked Mr. Satterthwaite. For all her gentleness of manner... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 Third Act - Discovery CHAPTER 1 Mrs Babbington 13 Mrs. Babbington had moved into a small fishermans cottage not far from the harbour. She was expecting a sister home from Japan in about six months. Until her sister arrived she was making no plans for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 12 Sir Charles and Mr. Satterthwaite arrived back in London the following evening. The interview with Colonel Johnson had had to be very tactfully conducted. Superintendent Crossfield had not been too pleased that mere gentlemen should have found wha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 添加章节 章节列表 修改章节 * 标题 排序 * 内容 20 br /Now, are you a friend or are you a sleuth? I simply must know. br /Miss Sutcliffe flashed a pair of mocking eyes as she spoke. She was sitting in a straight-backed chair, her grey hair becomingly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 10 How about an examination of Elliss room? asked Mr. Satterthwaite, having enjoyed the spectacle of Sir Charless blush to the full. The actor seized at the diversion. Excellent, excellent. Just what I was about to suggest myself. Of course the polic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 9 Nothing could have been more peaceful than the grounds and building of Melfort Abbey as the two men saw it that afternoon in the September sunshine. Portions of the Abbey were fifteenth century. It had been restored and a new wing added on to it. T... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 8 As they walked along the street, Sir Charles said: Any ideas, Satterthwaite? What about you? asked Mr. Satterthwaite. He liked to reserve judgment until the last possible moment. Not so Sir Charles. He spoke emphatically: Theyre wrong, Satterthwait... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 7 Sir Charles and Mr. Satterthwaite were sitting in Colonel Johnsons study. The chief constable was a big red-faced man with a barrack- room voice and a hearty manner. He had greeted Mr. Satterthwaite with every sign of pleasure and was obviously del... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 6 Mr. Satterthwaite had come over for the day to Monte Carlo. His round of house-parties was over, and the Riviera in September was rather a favourite haunt of his. He was sitting in the gardens enjoying the sun and reading a two- days-old Daily Mail... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 5 Mr. Satterthwaite thought to himself: Hes got it badly. He felt a sudden pity for his host. At the age of fifty-two, Charles Cartwright, the gay debonair breaker of hearts, had fallen in love. And, as he himself realised, his case was doomed to dis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 4 Yes, but what do you think, Mr. Satterthwaite? Really think? Mr. Satterthwaite looked this way and that. There was no escape. Egg Lytton Gore had got him securely cornered on the fishing quay. Merciless, these modern young women - and terrifying al... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 3 Come in here a minute, Satterthwaite, will you? Sir Charles poked his head out of the door. An hour and a half had passed. To confusion had succeeded peace. Lady Mary had led the weeping Mrs. Babbington out of the room and had finally gone home wit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 2 The principal interest of Mr. Satterthwaites life was people. He was on the whole more interested in women than men. For a manly man, Mr. Satterthwaite knew far too much about women. There was a womanish strain in his character which lent him insig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-09-12 1 Mr. Satterthwaite sat on the terrace of Crows Nest and watched his host, Sir Charles Cartwright, climbing up the path from the sea. Crows Nest was a modern bungalow of the better type. It had no half timbering, no gables, no excrescences dear to a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-30 Chapter 31 A Human Document A day or two after that I was suddenly recalled to the Argentine. So it happened that I never saw Jane Wilkinson again and only read in the paper of her trial and condemnation. Unexpectedly, at least unexpectedly to me, s... 阅读全文>>