日期：2023-08-07 Except for that involuntary twitch of the eyelids, Superintendent Battles impassivity was unimpaired. If he had been surprised at Virginias recognition of Anthony, he did not show it. He and Lord Caterham stood together and watched those two go out... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Except for that involuntary twitch of the eyelids, Superintendent Battles impassivity was unimpaired. If he had been surprised at Virginias recognition of Anthony, he did not show it. He and Lord Caterham stood together and watched those two go out... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Anthony regained the terrace with the feeling uppermost in his mind that the only safe place for private conversations was the middle of the lake. The resonant boom of a gong sounded from the house, and Tredwell appeared in a stately fashion from a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The inquest took place on the following morning. It was extraordinarily unlike the inquests as pictured in sensational fiction. It satisfied even George Lomax in its rigid suppression of all interesting details. Superintendent Battle and the Coroner... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The first person that Anthony saw as he alighted from his train on the following afternoon was Superintendent Battle. His face broke into a smile. Ive returned according to contract, he remarked. Did you come down here to assure yourself of the fact... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 They all stared at the French detective, who smiled back at them. But yes, he said, it is true. There was a pause for a general readjusting of ideas. Then Virginia turned to Battle. Do you know what I think, Superintendent Battle? What do you think,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 At ten oclock that morning, Lord Caterham and his daughter were breakfasting. Bundle was looking very thoughtful. Father, she said at last. Lord Caterham, absorbed in The Times, did not reply. Father, said Bundle again, more sharply. Lord Caterham,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 At ten oclock that morning, Lord Caterham and his daughter were breakfasting. Bundle was looking very thoughtful. Father, she said at last. Lord Caterham, absorbed in The Times, did not reply. Father, said Bundle again, more sharply. Lord Caterham,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Superintendent Battle was standing in the library at Wyvvern Abbey. George Lomax, seated before a desk overflowing with papers, was frowning portentously. Superintendent Battle had opened proceedings by making a brief and business-like report. Since... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 At 2.30 a little party met together in the Council Chamber: Bundle, Virginia, Superintendent Battle, M. Lemoine and Anthony Cade. No good waiting until we can get hold of Mr. Lomax, said Battle. This is the kind of business one wants to get on with... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 You dont mind, I suppose, said Bundle after a minute or two, if I drive rather fast? I started later than I meant to do. It had seemed to Anthony that they were proceeding at a terrific speed already, but he soon saw that that was nothing compared t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Lord Caterham, Virginia and Bundle were sitting in the library after dinner. It was Tuesday evening. Some thirty hours had elapsed since Anthonys rather dramatic departure. For at least the seventh time Bundle repeated Anthonys parting words, as spo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 At ten oclock on the morning of Wednesday, the 13th of October, Anthony Cade walked into Harridges Hotel and asked for Baron Lolopretjzyl who was occupying a suite there. After suitable and imposing delay, Anthony was taken to the suite in question.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The clock in the Council Chamber struck nine. Well, said Lord Caterham, with a deep sigh. Here they all are, just like little Bo Peeps flock, back again and wagging their tails behind them. He looked sadly round the room. Organ grinder complete with... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I suspected her from the first, explained Anthony. There was a light in her room on the night of the murder. Afterwards, I wavered. I made inquiries about her in Brittany, and came back satisfied that she was what she represented herself to be. I wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 You owe us an explanation, I think, Mr. Cade, said Herman Isaacstein, somewhat later in the evening. Theres nothing much to explain, said Anthony modestly. I went to Dover and Fish followed me under the impression that I was King Victor. We found a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 If you will go on, gentlemen, I will follow you in a minute, said Anthony. He waited whilst the others filed out, and then turned to where Superintendent Battle was standing apparently absorbed in examining the panelling. Well, Battle? Want to ask m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 SceneChimneys, 11 a.m. Thursday morning. Johnson, the police constable, with his coat off, digging. Something in the nature of a funeral feeling seems to be in the air. The friends and relations stand round the grave that Johnson is digging. George... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I believe that a well-known anecdote exists to the effect that a young writer, determined to make the commencement of his story forcible and original enough to catch and rivet the attention of the most blas of editors, penned the following sentence:... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was five minutes past nine when I entered our joint sitting-room for breakfast on the following morning. My friend Poirot, exact to the minute as usual, was just tapping the shell of his second egg. He beamed upon me as I entered. You have slept... 阅读全文>>