日期：2024-11-06 II Nurse OBrien rustled out of Mrs. Welmans bedroom and into the bathroom. She said over hershoulder: Ill just pop the kettle on. You could do with a cup of tea before you go on, Im sure, Nurse. Nurse Hopkins said comfortably: Well, dear, I can alwa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 PART I One An anonymous letter! Elinor Carlisle stood looking down at it as it lay open in her hand. Shed never had such a thingbefore. It gave one an unpleasant sensation. Ill-written, badly spelt, on cheap pink paper. This is to Warn You (it ran),... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 Prologue Elinor Katharine Carlisle. You stand charged upon this indictment with the murder of MaryGerrard upon the 27th of July last. Are you guilty or not guilty? Elinor Carlisle stood very straight, her head raised. It was a graceful head, the mod... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 NINETEEN, TWENTY, MY PLATES EMPTY Hercule Poirot walked home along the deserted streets. An unobtrusive figure joined him. Well? said Mr. Barnes. Hercule Poirot shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands. Barnes said: What line did he take? He... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Hercule Poirot went down to where a girl was waiting. Jane Olivera, her face white and strained, stood against the mantelpiece. Beside her wasHoward Raikes. She said: Well? Poirot said gently: It is all over. Raikes said harshly: What do you mean... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, MAIDS IN WAITING IOn the following day Hercule Poirot spent some hours with a theatrical agent of his acquaintance. In the afternoon he went to Oxford. On the day after that he drove down to the countryit waslate when he returne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV He reached Mr. Barnes House at Ealing at 6:45. He remembered that Mr. Barnes had called that agood time of day. Mr. Barnes was at work in his garden. He said by way of greeting: We need rain, M. Poirotneed it badly. He looked thoughtfully at his... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III Frank Carter, haggard, white- faced, still feebly inclined to bluster, looked on his unexpectedvisitor with unconcealed disfavour. He said rudely: So its you, you ruddy little foreigner? What do you want? I want to see you and talk to you. Well,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Poirot called at Scotland Yard and asked for Japp. When he was taken up to the Chief Inspectorsroom: I want to see Carter, said Hercule Poirot. Japp shot him a quick, sideways glance. He said: Whats the big idea? You are unwilling? Japp shrugged... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, MAIDS IN THE KITCHEN IThe interview with Agnes Fletcher took place in Hertford, in a somewhat derelict teashop, forAgnes had been anxious not to tell her story under Miss Morleys critical eye. The first quarter of an hour was taken... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VAfter he had got rid of the girl, Poirot rang up Scotland Yard. Japp had not yet returned butDetective Sergeant Beddoes was obliging and informative. The police had not as yet found any evidence to prove Frank Carters possession of the pistolbefore... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV When Poirot reached home, George said: Chief Inspector Japp is here, sir. Japp grinned in a rueful way as Poirot came into the room. Here I am, old boy. Come round to say: Arent you a marvel? How do you do it? What makesyou think of these things?... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III These meditations had occupied Hercule Poirot on his homeward way until reaching RegentsPark. He decided to traverse a part of the Park before taking a taxi on. By experience, he knew to anicety the moment when his smart patent leather shoes beg... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Poirot paid another visit to Hampstead. Mrs. Adams was a little surprised, perhaps, to see him. Though he had been vouched for, so to speak, by a Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, shenevertheless regarded him as a quaint little foreigner and had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, MAIDS ARE COURTING IM. Reilly, is it not? The young Irishman started as the voice spoke at his elbow. He turned. Standing next to him at the counter of the Shipping Co. was a small man with large moustachesand an egg-shaped head.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 VDeliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: and preserve me from the wicked man, sang Mrs. Olivera in a firm voice, slightly off the note. There was a relentlessness about her enunciation of the sentiment which made Hercule Poirotdeduce that Mr. Howard... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 IV Dressing for dinner, adjusting his tie to an exact symmetry, Hercule Poirot frowned at hisreflection in the mirror. He was dissatisfiedbut he would have been at a loss to explain why. For the case, as heowned to himself, was so very clear. Frank... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 III Jane Olivera came running along the path. Her hair streamlined back behind her. Her eyes werewide with fear. She gasped: Howard? Howard Raikes said lightly: Hallo, Jane. Ive just been saving your uncles life. Oh! She stopped. You have? Your arri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 II Ive finished my letters, said Blunt, appearing later in the morning. Now, M. Poirot, Im goingto show you my garden. The two men went out together and Blunt talked eagerly of his hobby. The rock garden, with its rare alpine plants, was his greates... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-11-06 ELEVEN, TWELVE, MEN MUST DELVE IAfter passing a troubled night, Hercule Poirot was up and about early on the next day. Theweather was perfect and he retraced his steps of last night. The herbaceous borders were in full beauty and though Poirot himse... 阅读全文>>