日期：2024-01-30 Eighteen TEA AT DR.?REILLYS Before leaving, Poirot made a round of the expedition house and the outbuildings. He also asked afew questions of the servants at second handthat is to say, Dr.?Reilly translated the questionsand answers from English to A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Seventeen THE STAIN BY THE WASHSTAND Mrs.?Leidners body had been taken to Hassanieh for the postmortem, but otherwise her room hadbeen left exactly as it was. There was so little in it that it had not taken the police long to go overit. To the right... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Sixteen THE SUSPECTS Dr.?Leidner sprang to his feet. Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The idea is absurd! Mr.?Poirot looked at him quite calmly but said nothing. You mean to suggest that my wifes former husband is one of the expedition and that sh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Fifteen POIROT MAKES A SUGGESTION Dr.?Reilly had risen from his seat. When everyone had gone out he carefully closed the door. Then, with an inquiring glance at Poirot, he proceeded to shut the window giving on the courtyard. The others were already... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Fourteen ONE OF US? There was a little pauseand in it a wave of horror seemed to float round the room. I think it was at that moment that I first believed Dr.?Reillys theory to be right. I felt that the murderer was in the room. Sitting with usliste... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Thirteen HERCULE POIROT ARRIVES I dont think I shall ever forget my first sight of Hercule Poirot. Of course, I got used to him lateron, but to begin with it was a shock, and I think everyone else must have felt the same! I dont know what Id imagine... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Twelve I DIDNT BELIEVE. .?.?. No. No! Dr.?Leidner sprang up and walked up and down in an agitated manner. Its impossible what you say, Reilly. Absolutely impossible. One of us? Why, every singlemember of the expedition was devoted to Louise! A queer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Eleven AN ODD BUSINESS Im adhering as far as possible to telling only my personal part in the business. I pass over theevents of the next two hours, the arrival of Captain Maitland and the police and Dr.?Reilly. Therewas a good deal of general confu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Ten SATURDAY AFTERNOON Mrs.?Leidner told me her story on a Friday. On the Saturday morning there was a feeling of slight anticlimax in the air. Mrs.?Leidner, in particular, was inclined to be very offhand with me and rather pointedlyavoided any poss... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Nine MRS.?LEIDNERS STORY We had just finished lunch. Mrs.?Leidner went to her room to rest as usual. I settled her on her bedwith plenty of pillows and her book, and was leaving the room when she called me?back. Dont go, nurse, theres something I wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Eight NIGHT ALARM Its a little difficult to know exactly what to note in the week that followed my arrival at TellYarimjah. Looking back as I do from my present standpoint of knowledge I can see a good many littlesigns and indications that I was qui... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Seven THE MAN AT THE WINDOW I think Id better make it clear right away that there isnt going to be any local colour in this story. I dont know anything about archaeology and I dont know that I very much want to. Messingabout with people and places t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Six FIRST EVENING After tea Mrs.?Leidner took me to show me my room. Perhaps here I had better give a short description of the arrangement of the rooms. This wasvery simple and can easily be understood by a reference to the plan. On either side of t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Five TELL YARIMJAH I dont mind admitting that my first impression on seeing Mrs. Leidner was one of downrightsurprise. One gets into the way of imagining a person when one hears them talked about. Id got itfirmly into my head that Mrs.?Leidner was a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Four I ARRIVE IN HASSANIEH Three days later I left Baghdad. I was sorry to leave Mrs.?Kelsey and the baby, who was a little love and was thrivingsplendidly, gaining her proper number of ounces every week. Major Kelsey took me to the stationand saw m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Three GOSSIP It was arranged that I should go to Tell Yarimjah the following week. Mrs.?Kelsey was settling into her house at Alwiyah, and I was glad to be able to take a fewthings off her shoulders. During that time I heard one or two allusions to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Two INTRODUCING AMY LEATHERAN I dont pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. Im doing this simply becauseDr.?Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr.?Reilly asks you to do a thing you dont like torefuse. Oh, but, doctor, I said, I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 One FRONTISPIECE In the hall of the Tigris Palace Hotel in Baghdad a hospital nurse was finishing a letter. Herfountain pen drove briskly over the paper. .?.?. Well, dear, I think thats really all my news. I must say its been nice to see abit of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-30 Foreword by Giles Reilly, MD The events chronicled in this narrative took place some four years ago. Circumstances haverendered it necessary, in my opinion, that a straightforward account of them should be given to thepublic. There have been the wil... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-01-29 Thirty-one CARDS ON THE TABLE It was Poirots moment, every face was turned to his in eager anticipation. You are very kind, he said, smiling. You know, I think, that I enjoy my little lecture. I am aprosy old fellow. This case, to my mind, has been... 阅读全文>>