命案目睹记23

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II
“Well!” said Mrs. McGillicuddy. “Well!”
Words failed her. She looked across at the nicely spoken pleasant young
man who had called upon her with official credentials1 and then down at
the photograph that he handed her.
“That’s her all right,” she said. “Yes, that’s her. Poor soul. Well, I must
say I’m glad you’ve found her body. Nobody believed a word I said! The
police, or the railway people or anyone else. It’s very galling2 not to be be-
lieved. At any rate, nobody could say I didn’t do all I possibly could.”
The nice young man made sympathetic and appreciative3 noises.
“Where did you say the body was found?”
“In a barn at a house called Rutherford Hall, just outside Brackhamp-
ton.”
“Never heard of it. How did it get there, I wonder?”
The young man didn’t reply.
“Jane Marple found it, I suppose. Trust Jane.”
“The body,” said the young man, referring to some notes, “was found by
a Miss Lucy Eyelesbarrow.”
“Never heard of her either,” said Mrs. McGillicuddy. “I still think Jane
Marple had something to do with it.”
“Anyway, Mrs. McGillicuddy, you definitely identify this picture as that
of the woman whom you saw in a train?”
“Being strangled by a man. Yes, I do.”
“Now, can you describe this man?”
“He was a tall man,” said Mrs. McGillicuddy.
“Yes?”
“And dark.”
“Yes?”
“That’s all I can tell you,” said Mrs. McGillicuddy. “He had his back to
me. I didn’t see his face.”
“Would you be able to recognize him if you saw him?”
“Of course I shouldn’t! He had his back to me. I never saw his face.”
“You’ve no idea at all as to his age?”
Mrs. McGillicuddy considered.
“No—not really. I mean, I don’t know… He wasn’t, I’m almost sure—very
young. His shoulders looked—well, set, if you know what I mean.” The
young man nodded. “Thirty and upward, I can’t get closer than that. I
wasn’t really looking at him, you see. It was her—with those hands round
her throat and her face—all blue… You know, sometimes I dream of it
even now….”
“It must have been a distressing4 experience,” said the young man sym-
pathetically.
He closed his notebook and said:
“When are you returning to England?”
“Not for another three weeks. It isn’t necessary, is it, for me?”
He quickly reassured5 her.
“Oh, no. There’s nothing you could do at present. Of course, if we make
an arrest—”
It was left like that.
The mail brought a letter from Miss Marple to her friend. The writing
was spiky6 and spidery and heavily underlined. Long practice made it easy
for Mrs. McGillicuddy to decipher. Miss Marple wrote a very full account
to her friend who devoured7 every word with great satisfaction.
She and Jane had shown them all right!

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1 credentials credentials     
n.证明，资格，证明书，证件
参考例句：
  • He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
  • Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。
2 galling galling     
adj.难堪的,使烦恼的,使焦躁的
参考例句：
  • It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated. 令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。
  • The insolence in the fellow's eye was galling. 这家伙的傲慢目光令人恼怒。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3 appreciative 9vDzr     
adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的
参考例句：
  • She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
  • We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。
4 distressing cuTz30     
a.使人痛苦的
参考例句：
  • All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it. 所有看到这种悲惨景象的人都对此感到难过。
  • It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. 这样浪费粮食令人痛心。
5 reassured ff7466d942d18e727fb4d5473e62a235     
adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句：
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 spiky hhczrZ     
adj.长而尖的，大钉似的
参考例句：
  • Your hairbrush is too spiky for me.你的发刷，我觉得太尖了。
  • The spiky handwriting on the airmail envelope from London was obviously hers.发自伦敦的航空信封上的尖长字迹分明是她的。
7 devoured af343afccf250213c6b0cadbf3a346a9     
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光
参考例句：
  • She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
  • The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。

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