日期：2023-08-07 Caroline, of course, had not failed to see Miss Russell come to the surgery door. I had anticipated this, and had ready an elaborate account of the ladys bad knee. But Caroline was not in a cross-questioning mood. Her point of view was that she knew... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 For a moment or two the girl looked mutely at Poirot. Then, her reserve breaking down completely, she nodded her head once, and burst into an outburst of sobs. Caroline pushed past me, and putting her arm round the girl, patted her on the shoulder.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 And now, said Caroline, rising, that child is coming upstairs to lie down. Dont you worry, my dear. M. Poirot will do everything he can for yoube sure of that. I ought to go back to Fernly, said Ursula uncertainly. But Caroline silenced her protests... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was a very uncomfortable minute for me. I hardly took in what happened next, but there were exclamations and cries of surprise! When I was sufficiently master of myself to be able to realize what was going on, Ralph Paton was standing by his wife... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 A slight gesture from Poirot enjoined me to stay behind the rest. I obeyed, going over to the fire and thoughtfully stirring the big logs on it with the toe of my boot. I was puzzled. For the first time I was absolutely at sea as to Poirots meaning.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 There was a dead silence for a minute and a half. Then I laughed. Youre mad, I said. No, said Poirot placidly. I am not mad. It was the little discrepancy in time that first drew my attention to youright at the beginning. Discrepancy in time? I quer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Five a.m. I am very tiredbut I have finished my task. My arm aches from writing. A strange end to my manuscript. I meant it to be published some day as the history of one of Poirots failures! Odd, how things pan out. All along Ive had a premonition... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Gentleman Joe! Why, if it isnt old Jimmy McGrath. Castles select Tour, represented by seven depressed-looking females and three perspiring males, looked on with considerable interest. Evidently their Mr. Cade had met an old friend. They all admired... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 So thats that, said Anthony, finishing off his glass and replacing it on the table. What boat were you going on? Granarth Castle. Passage booked in your name, I suppose, so Id better travel as James McGrath. Weve outgrown the passport business, have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Quite so, my dear fellow, quite so, said Lord Caterham. He had used the same words three times already, each time in the hope that they would end the interview and permit him to escape. He disliked very much being forced to stand on the steps of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 George Lomax returned straightway to Whitehall. As he entered the sumptuous apartment in which he transacted affairs of State, there was a scuffling sound. Mr. Bill Eversleigh was assiduously filing letters, but a large arm-chair near the window was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 There is often a flaw in the best-laid plans. George Lomax had made one mistakethere was a weak spot in his preparations. The weak spot was Bill. Bill Eversleigh was an extremely nice lad. He was a good cricketer and a scratch golfer, he had pleasan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was exactly five minutes to four when Virginia Revel, rendered punctual by a healthy curiosity, returned to the house in Pont Street. She opened the door with her latchkey, and stepped into the hall to be immediately confronted by the impassive C... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The letters were gone! Having once made up his mind to the fact of their disappearance, there was nothing to do but accept it. Anthony realized very well that he could not pursue Giuseppe through the corridors of the Blitz Hotel. To do so was to cou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 On that same Thursday afternoon Virginia Revel had been playing tennis at Ranelagh. All the way back to Pont Street, as she lay back in the long, luxurious limousine, a little smile played upon her lips, as she rehearsed her part in the forthcoming... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Anthony followed Virginia out of the room, smiling a little to himself. Events had taken quite an unexpected turn. But as he bent over the figure in the chair he grew grave again. Hes still warm, he said sharply. He was killed less than half an hour... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Inspector Badgworthy in his office. Time, 8.30 a.m. A tall portly man, Inspector Badgworthy, with a heavy regulation tread. Inclined to breathe hard in moments of professional strain. In attendance Constable Johnson, very new to the Force, with a do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 So apprehensive was Lord Caterham of being consulted by George that he spent the whole morning making a tour of his estate. Only the pangs of hunger drew him homeward. He also reflected that by now the worst would surely be over. He sneaked into the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Mr. Anthony Cade, announced Tredwell. Enter suspicious stranger from village inn, said Anthony. He made his way toward Lord Caterham with a kind of instinct rare in strangers. At the same time he summed up the other three men in his own mind thus: 1... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Superintendent Battle replaced the sheet with the slightly crest-fallen air of a man whose best point has fallen flat. Anthony stood with his hands in his pockets lost in thought. So thats what old Lollipop meant when he talked about other means, he... 阅读全文>>