日期：2024-02-23 III On the terrace outside Philip Lombard said: About this motorboat Blore looked at him. Blore nodded his head. He said: I know what youre thinking, Mr. Lombard. Ive asked myself the same question. Motorboat ought to have been here nigh on two hour... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 II When the gong sounded for breakfast at nine oclock it found everyone up and awaiting the summons. General Macarthur and the judge had been pacing the terrace outside, exchanging desultory comments on the political situation. Vera Claythorne and P... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 VI Vera Claythorne lay in bed, wide awake, staring up at the ceiling. The light beside her was on. She was frightened of the dark. She was thinking: Hugo Hugo Why do I feel youre so near to me tonight? Somewhere quite close. Where is he really? I do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 Six I D r. Armstrong was dreaming. It was very hot in the operating room. Surely theyd got the temperature too high? The sweat was rolling down his face. His hands were clammy. Difficult to hold the scalpel firmly. How beautifully sharp it was. Easy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 V General Macarthur tossed from side to side. Sleep would not come to him. In the darkness he kept seeing Arthur Richmonds face. Hed liked Arthurhed been damned fond of Arthur. Hed been pleased that Leslie liked him too. Leslie was so capricious. Lo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 IV Downstairs in the dining room, Rogers stood puzzled. He was staring at the china figures in the centre of the table. He muttered to himself: Thats a rum go! I could have sworn there were ten of them. 4 罗杰斯一脸疑惑地站在楼下的餐厅里。 他瞪着桌... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 III In his pleasant softly tinted room, Mr. Justice Wargrave removed his garments and prepared himself for bed. He was thinking about Edward Seton. He remembered Seton very well. His fair hair, his blue eyes, his habit of looking you straight in the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 II They had left it like that. What else was there to say? Together Armstrong and Lombard had carried the inert body of Anthony Marston to his bedroom and had laid him there covered over with a sheet. When they came downstairs again, the others were... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 Five I I t was so sudden and so unexpected that it took every ones breath away. They remained stupidly staring at the crumpled figure on the ground. Then Dr. Armstrong jumped up and went over to him, kneeling beside him. When he raised his head his... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 IV There was a silence in the room. Everybody was looking, covertly or openly, at Emily Brent. It was a minute or two before she became aware of the expectation. Her eyebrows rose on her narrow forehead. She said: Are you waiting for me to say somet... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 III The manservant, Rogers, had been moistening his lips and twisting his hands. He said now in a low deferential voice: If I might just say a word, sir. Lombard said: Go ahead, Rogers. Rogers cleared his throat and passed his tongue once more over... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 II Vera Claythorne spoke in a trembling voice. She said: Id like to tell you. About that childCyril Hamilton. I was nursery governess to him. He was forbidden to swim out far. One day, when my attention was distracted, he started off. I swam after h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 Four I T here was a moments silence. A silence of dismay and bewilderment. Then the judges small clear voice took up the thread once more. We will now proceed to the next stage of our inquiry. First however, I will just add my own credentials to the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 III General Macarthur broke out suddenly. He exclaimed: The whole thing is preposterouspreposterous! Slinging accusations about like this! Something must be done about it. This fellow Owen whoever he is Emily Brent interrupted. She said sharply: Tha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 II The voice had stopped. There was a moments petrified silence and then a resounding crash! Rogers had dropped the coffee tray! At the same moment, from somewhere outside the room there came a scream and the sound of a thud. Lombard was the first t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 Three I D inner was drawing to a close. The food had been good, the wine perfect. Rogers waited well. Every one was in better spirits. They had begun to talk to each other with more freedom and intimacy. Mr. Justice Wargrave, mellowed by the excelle... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 XII In her bedroom, Emily Brent, dressed in black silk ready for dinner, was reading her Bible. Her lips moved as she followed the words: The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The Lor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 XI As the gong sounded, Philip Lombard came out of his room and walked to the head of the stairs. He moved like a panther, smoothly and noiselessly. There was something of the panther about him altogether. A beast of preypleasant to the eye. He was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 X General Macarthur was frowning to himself. Damn it all, the whole thing was deuced odd! Not at all what hed been led to expect. For two pins hed make an excuse and get away Throw up the whole business. But the motorboat had gone back to the mainla... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-02-23 IX Mr. Blore was tying his tie. He wasnt very good at this sort of thing. Did he look all right? He supposed so. Nobody had been exactly cordial to him Funny the way they all eyed each otheras though they knew. Well, it was up to him. He didnt mean... 阅读全文>>