日期：2025-07-01 Chapter 7 Back to the Nursery Mrs Oliver looked rather doubtfully at the three steps and the front doorof a small, rather dilapidated-looking cottage in the side street. Below thewindows some bulbs were growing, mainly tulips. Mrs Oliver paused, ope... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Chapter 6 An Old Friend Remembers When Mrs Oliver returned to the house the following morning, she foundMiss Livingstone waiting for her. There have been two telephone calls, Mrs Oliver. Yes? said Mrs Oliver. The first one was from Crichton and Smit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Chapter 5 Old Sins Have Long Shadows Hercule Poirot let the revolving door wind him round. Arresting the swingof it with one hand, he stepped forward into the small restaurant. Therewere not many people there. It was an unfashionable time of day, bu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER A Hercule Poirot Mystery To Molly Myers in return for many kindnesses Chapter 1 A Literary Luncheon Mrs Oliver looked at herself in the glass. She gave a brief, sideways looktowards the clock on the mantel- piece, which she ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Chapter 4 Celia A tall girl was standing on the mat outside. Just for a moment Mrs Oliverwas startled looking at her. So this was Celia. The impression of vitalityand of life was really very strong. Mrs Oliver had the feeling which onedoes not often... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Book 1 Elephants Chapter 3 Great Aunt Alices Guide to Knowledge Can you find my address book for me, Miss Livingstone? Its on your desk, Mrs Oliver. In the left-hand corner. I dont mean that one, said Mrs Oliver. Thats the one Im using now. Imean my... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Chapter 2 First Mention of Elephants Having failed to find her friend Hercule Poirot at home, Mrs Oliver had toresort to a telephone enquiry. Are you by any chance going to be at home this evening? asked MrsOliver. She sat by her telephone, her fing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-seven Now Ive got you here at last, said Mrs. Oliver, I want to know all abouteverything. She looked at Poirot with determination and asked severely: Why havent you come sooner? My excuses, Madame, I have been much occupied assisting the poli... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-six Once again four men sat looking at Poirot. Timothy Raglan, Superintend-ent Spence and the Chief Constable had the pleased expectant look of a catwho is counting on a saucer of cream to materialize at any moment. Thefourth man still had th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-five Its beautiful, said Miranda, looking round her. Kilterbury Ring was a local beauty spot though its remains were not par-ticularly famous. They had been dismantled many hundreds of years ago. Yet here and there a tall megalithic stone sti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 IV In London, Hercule Poirot picked up the telephone. Mrs. Olivers voicecame over. Weve lost Miranda. What do you mean, lost her? We had lunch at The Black Boy. She went to the loo. She didnt comeback. Somebody said they saw her driving away with an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 III After her mother had left the Ladies Room, Miranda waited for aminute or two. Then she opened the door, cautiously peered out, openedthe side door to the garden which was close at hand and ran down thegarden path that led round to the back yard... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Elspeth McKay pricked some sausages with a fork, laid them on a bakingdish, put it in the Frigidair and started to peel potatoes. The telephone rang. Mrs. McKay? Sergeant Goodwin here. Is your brother there? No. Hes in London today. Ive rung him... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-four IMrs. Oliver had ensconced herself at a table in the window of The BlackBoy. It was still fairly early, so the dining room was not very full. Presently, Judith Butler returned from powdering her nose and sat downopposite her and examined... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 III In London Hercule Poirot was sitting in a room with four other men. One was Inspector Timothy Raglan, looking respectful and poker-faced aswas his invariable habit when in the presence of his superiors; the secondwas Superintendent Spence. The t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-three IHave you heard whats on at Quarry Wood? said Mrs. Cartwright, put-ting a packet of Fluffy Flakelets and Wonder White into her shopping bag. Quarry Wood? said Elspeth McKay, to whom she was talking. No, Ihavent heard anything particular... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Ariadne Oliver smoothed out a telegram she had just taken as deliveredto her at the door. She was so used to getting telegrams through the tele-phone, making frenzied hunts for a pencil to take them down, insistingfirmly that she wanted a confirm... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-two It was not very characteristic of Hercule Poirot to ask the opinions of oth-ers. He was usually quite satisfied with his own opinions. Nevertheless,there were times when he made exceptions. This was one of them. He andSpence had had a bri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Eighteen Poirot sat down, stretched out his legs and said: Ah! that is better. Take your shoes off, said Mrs. Oliver, and rest your feet. No, no, I could not do that. Poirot sounded shocked at the possibility. Well, were old friends together, said M... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-one Poirot went on up the hill. Suddenly he no longer felt the pain of his feet. Something had come to him. The fitting together of the things he hadthought and felt, had known they were connected, but had not seen howthey were connected. He... 阅读全文>>