日期：2024-08-05 Eleven It was just after dawn when Hercule Poirot awoke on the following morning. He had been given abedroom on the east side of the house. Getting out of bed, he drew aside the window blind and satisfied himself that the sun hadrisen, and that it w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Nine That evening Poirot had only given Susan Cardwell a fleeting glance. He examined her now moreattentively. An intelligent face, he thought, not strictly good-looking, but possessing an attractionthat a merely pretty girl might envy. Her hair was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Eight The Colonel dropped into a chair, shook his head, sighed and said: Terrible business, this, Riddle. Lady Chevenix-Gore is being wonderfulwonderful. Grandwoman! Full of courage! Coming softly back to his chair, Poirot said: You have known her v... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Seven Hard work, that, said Major Riddle, as the lawyer left the room. Extracting information fromthese old-fashioned legal wallahs takes a bit of doing. The whole business seems to me to centreabout the girl. It would seem soyes. Ah, here comes Bur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Six After the difficulties of getting a direct statement from Lady Chevenix-Gore, Major Riddle foundconsiderable relief in dealing with a shrewd lawyer like Forbes. Mr.?Forbes was extremely guarded and cautious in his statements, but his replies wer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Five Sit down, Snell, said Major Riddle in a friendly tone. Ive a good many questions to ask you,and I expect this has been a shock to you. Oh, it has indeed, sir. Thank you, sir. Snell sat down with such a discreet air that it waspractically the sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Four Well? said Major Riddle. It was twenty minutes later. The chief constables interrogative Well? was addressed to thepolice surgeon, a lank elderly man with grizzled hair. The latter shrugged his shoulders. Hes been dead over half an hourbut not... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Three For a moment or two the group in the doorway stood motionless, staring at the scene. Then Poirotstrode forward. At the same moment Hugo Trent said crisply: My God, the Old Mans shot himself! And there was a long, shuddering moan from Lady Chev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Two Hercule Poirot sat in the corner of a first-class carriage speeding through the English countryside. Meditatively he took from his pocket a neatly folded telegram, which he opened and reread: Take four-thirty from St.?Pancras instruct guard have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 II A duchess greeted M. Hercule Poirot in fulsome tones. So you could manage to come after all, M. Poirot! Why, thats splendid. The pleasure is mine, madame, murmured Poirot, bowing. He escaped from several important and splendid beingsa famous dipl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 DEAD MANS MIRROR One IThe flat was a modern one. The furnishings of the room were modern, too. The armchairs weresquarely built, the upright chairs were angular. A modern writing table was set squarely in front ofthe window, and at it sat a small, e... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Eight The guests left after lunch. Mrs.?Vanderlyn and Mrs.?Macatta went by train, the Carringtons hadtheir car. Poirot was standing in the hall as Mrs.?Vanderlyn bade her host a charmingfarewell. So terribly sorry for you having this bother and anxi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Seven Mrs.?Vanderlyn swept into the room looking very handsome. She was wearing an artfully-cutrusset sports suit that showed up the warm lights of her hair. She swept to a chair and smiled in adazzling fashion at the little man in front of her. For... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Six If theres been a burglary, why the devil doesnt old Mayfield send for the police? demandedReggie Carrington. He pushed his chair slightly back from the breakfast table. He was the last down. His host, Mrs.?Macatta and Sir George had finished the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Five Lord Mayfield was seated at his desk when Poirot entered the study. He swung round, laid downhis pen, and looked up inquiringly. Well, M. Poirot, had your interview with Carrington? Poirot smiled and sat down. Yes, Lord Mayfield. He cleared up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Four Blinking a little, Hercule Poirot turned his head from one man to the other. Very delicately hesmothered a yawn. It was half past two in the morning. He had been roused from sleep and rushed down throughthe darkness in a big Rolls Royce. Now he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Three At any rate give it a trial, Charles. It was half an hour later. The two men were in Lord Mayfields study, and Sir George hadbeen expending a considerable amount of persuasion to induce his friend to adopt a certain course. Lord Mayfield, at f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Two In the drawing room conversation had flagged more than once. Mrs.?Vanderlyn was usually at adisadvantage when left alone with members of her own sex. That charming sympathetic manner ofhers, so much appreciated by members of the male sex, did no... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 THE INCREDIBLE THEFT One As the butler handed round the souffl, Lord Mayfield leaned confidentially towards his neighbouron the right, Lady Julia Carrington. Known as a perfect host, Lord Mayfield took trouble to live upto his reputation. Although u... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 II Japp gave a longa very prolongedwhistle. Well, Im damned! he said. Poirot sat down and smiled at him amiably. It was quite a long time before the silence wasbroken. Then Japp said: Not murder disguised as suicide, but suicide made to look like mu... 阅读全文>>