日期：2024-11-06 IV As they went down the stairs again to No. 42, Japp ejaculated with feeling: Shades of PhillipsOppenheim, Valentine Williams and William le Queux, I think Im going mad! That smart young man, Sergeant Beddoes, was waiting for them. He said respectf... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II It was late evening a week later when the summons came. Japps voice was brusque over thetelephone. That you, Poirot? Weve found her. Youd better come round. King Leopold Mansions. Battersea Park. Number 45. A quarter of an hour later a taxi depos... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III Mrs. Merton of No. 82, King Leopold Mansions had been designated by the porter as Mrs. Chapmans closest friend in the Mansions. It was, therefore, to No. 82 that Japp and Poirot betook themselves next. Mrs. Merton was a loquacious lady, with sna... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 XGeorge announced: A lady to speak to you on the telephone, sir. A week ago, Poirot had guessed wrongly the identity of a visitor. This time his guess was right. He recognized her voice at once. M. Hercule Poirot? Speaking. This is Jane OliveraMr. A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 SEVEN, EIGHT, LAY THEM STRAIGHT ITime went on. It was over a month since Mr. Morleys death, and there was still no news of MissSainsbury Seale. Japp became increasingly wrathful on the subject. Dash it all, Poirot, the womans got to be somewhere. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IX Poirot walked home through the deserted streets in a thoughtful frame of mind. When he got in, he rang up Japp. Forgive my troubling you, my friend, but did you ever do anything in the matter of tracing thattelegram that was sent to Gladys Nevill... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VIII Frank Carter was a fair young man of medium height. His appearance was cheaply smart. Hetalked readily and fluently. His eyes were set rather close together and they had a way of shiftinguneasily from side to side when he was embarrassed. He wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VII Poirot arrived home to be informed by George that a lady was waiting to see him. She isahema little nervous, sir, said George. Since the lady had given no name Poirot was at liberty to guess. He guessed wrong, for theyoung woman who rose agitate... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VI On the following morning, Poirot went to the Holborn Palace Hotel and asked for Mr. HowardRaikes. By this time it would hardly have surprised him to hear that Mr. Howard Raikes, too, hadstepped out one evening and had never returned. Mr. Howard R... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VJapp grumbled as they were waiting for the manageress. What does the woman want to disappear for? It is curious, you admit? They had no time for more. Mrs. Harrison, proprietor of the Glengowrie Court, was with them. Mrs. Harrison was voluble and a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV On his way home, Poirot called in at the Glengowrie Court Hotel. As a result of that visit he rang Japp up very early the following morning. Bonjour, mon ami. The inquest is today, is it not? It is. Are you going to attend? I do not think so. It... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III Three-quarters of an hour later Hercule Poirot came out of the underground station at EalingBroadway and five minutes after that he had reached his destinationNo. 88, Castlegardens Road. It was a small semidetached house, and the neatness of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Hercule Poirot sat at his handsome modern desk. He liked modern furniture. Its squareness andsolidity were more agreeable to him than the soft contours of antique models. In front of him was a square sheet of paper with neat headings and comments... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 FIVE, SIX, PICKING UP STICKS I Twenty-four hours later Japp rang Poirot up. His tone was bitter. Washout! The whole thing! What do you mean, my friend? Morley committed suicide all right. Weve got the motive. What was it? Ive just had the doctors re... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IX Miss Sainsbury Seale was in the dimly lit lounge of the Glengowrie Court Hotel having tea. She was flustered by the appearance of a police officer in plain clothesbut her excitement wasof a pleasurable nature, he observed. Poirot noticed, with so... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VIII Alistair Blunt had never loomed large in the public eye. Possibly because he was himself a veryquiet and retiring man. Possibly because for many years he had functioned as a Prince Consortrather than as a King. Rebecca Sanseverato, ne Arnholt,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VI When Alfred had gone out of the room, Japp said sharply: Dyou think it wise to suggest murder to that lad? Poirot shrugged his shoulders. I think soyes. Anything suggestive that he may have seen or heard will come back to himunder the stimulus, a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VII Japp put down the telephone receiver. His face, as he turned to Poirot, was rather grim. He said: Mr. Amberiotis isnt feeling very wellwould rather not see any one this afternoon. Hes going to see meand hes not going to give me the slip either!... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VAlfred was divided between nervousness, enjoyment, and a morbid fear of being blamed foreverything that had occurred! He had only been a fortnight in Mr. Morleys employment, andduring that fortnight he had consistently and unvaryingly done everythi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV Gladys Nevill was a tall, fair, somewhat anemic girl of about twenty-eight. Though obviously veryupset, she at once showed that she was capable and intelligent. Under the pretext of looking through Mr. Morleys papers, Japp got her away from Miss... 阅读全文>>