日期：2025-03-18 Twenty CONVERSATION WellI dont know what to say, said Mrs. Sutcliffe. Really I dont know what to say She looked with definite distaste at Hercule Poirot. Henry, of course, she said, is not at home. The meaning of this pronouncement was slightly obsc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Nineteen CONSULTATION CONTINUED ITwo murders at Meadowbank, repeated Poirot thoughtfully. Weve given you the facts, said Kelsey. If youve any ideas Why the Sports Pavilion? said Poirot. That was your question, wasnt it? he said to Adam. Well, now we... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Eighteen CONSULTATION IHercule Poirot had prepared himself to beat down an insular prejudice that a headmistress mighthave against aged foreigners with pointed patent leather shoes and large moustaches. But he wasagreeably surprised. Miss Bulstrode... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Seventeen ALADDINS CAVE IThe girls went up to bed that night more quietly than usual. For one thing their numbers weremuch depleted. At least thirty of them had gone home. The others reacted according to theirseveral dispositions. Excitement, trepid... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Sixteen RIDDLE OF THE SPORTS PAVILION IMy head is bloody but unbowed, said Adam to himself. He was looking at Miss Bulstrode. He had never, he thought, admired a woman more. She sat,cool and unmoved, with her life-work falling in ruins about her. Fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Fifteen MURDER REPEATS ITSELF Come along, said Inspector Kelsey, entering the room with a grim face. Theres been another. Another what? Adam looked up sharply. Another murder, said Inspector Kelsey. He led the way out of the room and Adam followedhi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Fourteen MISS CHADWICK LIES AWAKE IMiss Chadwick was restless. She turned to and fro in her bed counting sheep, and employing othertime-honoured methods of invoking sleep. In vain. At eight oclock, when Shaista had not returned, and there had been n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Thirteen CATASTROPHE IThe third weekend after the opening of term followed the usual plan. It was the first weekend onwhich parents were allowed to take pupils out. As a result Meadowbank was left almost deserted. On this particular Sunday there wou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Twelve NEW LAMPS FOR OLD IMiss Bulstrode had another faculty which demonstrated her superiority over most other women. She could listen. She listened in silence to both Inspector Kelsey and Adam. She did not so much as raise aneyebrow. Then she utte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Eleven CONFERENCE When Inspector Kelsey returned to the station, the sergeant on duty said: Weve got Adam Goodman here, waiting, sir. Adam Goodman? Oh yes. The gardener. A young man had risen respectfully to his feet. He was tall, dark and good-look... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Ten FANTASTIC STORY Mademoiselle Angle Blanche was thirty-five at a guess. No makeup, dark brown hair arrangedneatly but unbecomingly. A severe coat and skirt. It was Mademoiselle Blanches first term at Meadowbank, she explained. She was not sure th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Eight MURDER IOn night duty in Hurst St. Cyprian Police Station, Sergeant Green yawned. The telephone rangand he picked up the receiver. A moment later his manner had changed completely. He beganscribbling rapidly on a pad. Yes? Meadowbank? Yesand t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Nine CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS ILetter from Jennifer Sutcliffe to her mother: Dear Mummy, We had a murder last night. Miss Springer, the gym mistress. It happened inthe middle of the night and the police came and this morning theyre askingeverybody ques... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Seven STRAWS IN THE WIND INot too bad, boy, said old Briggs grudgingly, not too bad. He was expressing approval of his new assistants performance in digging a strip of ground. Itwouldnt do, thought Briggs, to let the young fellow get above himself.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Six EARLY DAYS IIn the Mistresses Common Room news was being exchanged. Foreign travel, plays seen, ArtExhibitions visited. Snapshots were handed round. The menace of coloured transparencies was inthe offing. All the enthusiasts wanted to show their... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Five LETTERS FROM MEADOWBANK SCHOOL Letter from Julia Upjohn to her mother: Dear Mummy, Ive settled in now and am liking it very much. Theres a girl who is new thisterm too called Jennifer and she and I rather do things together. Were bothawfully ke... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Four RETURN OF A TRAVELLER IReally! said Mrs. Sutcliffe, in an annoyed voice, as she looked out of her hotel window, I dontsee why it always has to rain when one comes back to England. It makes it all seem sodepressing. I think its lovely to be back... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Three INTRODUCING MR. ROBINSON It was some six weeks later that a young man tapped discreetly on the door of a room inBloomsbury and was told to come in. It was a small room. Behind a desk sat a fat middle-aged man slumped in a chair. He waswearing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 Two THE WOMAN ON THE BALCONY IAs Bob Rawlinson walked along the echoing marble corridors of the Palace, he had never felt sounhappy in his life. The knowledge that he was carrying three-quarters of a million pounds in histrousers pocket caused him a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-18 One REVOLUTION IN RAMAT About two months earlier than the first day of the summer term at Meadowbank, certain eventshad taken place which were to have unexpected repercussions in that celebrated girls school. In the Palace of Ramat, two young men sa... 阅读全文>>