日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 21 The Person-K. Lazarus came quickly to her side. My dear, he said. My dear. Poirot went to the sideboard, poured out a glass of wine and brought it to her, standing over her while she drank it. She handed the glass back to him and smiled.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 22 The End of the Story You want me to explain? Poirot looked round with a gratified smile and the air of mock humility I knew so well. We had moved into the drawing-room and our numbers had lessened. The domestics had withdrawn tactfully, a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I have met people who enjoy a channel crossing; men who can sit calmly in their deck-chairs and, on arrival, wait until the boat is moored, then gather their belongings together without fuss and disembark. Personally, I can never manage this. From t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Fortunately the train had stopped near a station. A short walk brought us to a garage where we were able to obtain a car, and half an hour later we were spinning rapidly back to London. Then, and not till then, did Poirot deign to satisfy my curiosi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 For a day or two after our visit from the fake Asylum attendant I was in some hopes that he might return, and I refused to leave the flat even for a moment. As far as I could see, he had no reason to suspect that we had penetrated his disguise. He m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The inspector drew a key from his pocket and unlocked the door of Granite Bungalow. The day had been fine and dry, so our feet were not likely to leave any prints; nevertheless, we wiped them carefully on the mat before entering. A woman came up out... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Personally, I dont think that, even when a jury had acquitted Robert Grant, alias Biggs, of the murder of Jonathan Whalley, Inspector Meadows was entirely convinced of his innocence. The case which he had built up against Grantthe mans record, the j... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 That was all that could be elicited from Mrs. Halliday. We hurried back to London, and the following day saw us en route for the Continent. With rather a rueful smile, Poirot observed:- This Big Four, they make me to bestir myself, mon ami. I run up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 On the night of his release, Halliday slept in the room next to ours at the hotel, and all night long I heard him moaning and protesting in his sleep. Undoubtedly his experience in the villa had broken his nerve, and in the morning we failed complet... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 After our adventure in the villa at Passy we returned post haste to London. Several letters were awaiting Poirot. He read one of them with a curious smile, and then handed it to me. Read this, mon ami. I turned first to the signature, Abe Ryland, an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was all very well for Poirot to say that we were acquiring information all the time and gaining an insight into our adversaries mindsI felt myself that I required some more tangible success than this. Since we had come into contact with the Big F... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 The Scotland Yard Inspector was, indeed, waiting on the platform, and greeted us warmly. Well, Moosior Poirot, this is good. Thought youd like to be let in on this. Tip-top mystery, isnt it? I read this aright as showing Japp to be completely puzzle... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Poirot and I often dined at a small restaurant in Soho. We were there one evening, when we observed a friend at an adjacent table. It was Inspector Japp, and as there was room at our table, he came and joined us. It was some time since either of us... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was mid-Januarya typical English winter day in London, damp and dirty. Poirot and I were sitting in two chairs well drawn up to the fire. I was aware of my friend looking at me with a quizzical smile, the meaning of which I could not fathom. A pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Not often in a life-time does a man stand on the edge of eternity, but when I spoke those words in that East End cellar I was perfectly certain that they were my last words on earth. I braced myself for the shock of those black, rushing waters benea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I was very disappointed with the results of Poirots bomb attack on the premises in Chinatown. To begin with, the leader of the gang had escaped. When Japps men rushed up in response to Poirots whistle they found four Chinamen unconscious in the hall... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was after the tragic death of Miss Flossie Monro that I began to be aware of a change in Poirot. Up to now, his invincible confidence in himself had stood the test. But it seemed as though, at last, the long strain was beginning to tell. His mann... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Even now I can hardly bear to write of those days in March. Poirotthe unique, the inimitable Hercule Poirotdead! There was a particularly diabolical touch in the disarranged match-box, which was certain to catch his eye, and which he would hasten to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 From our quiet retreat in the Ardennes we watched the progress of affairs in the great world. We were plentifully supplied with newspapers, and every day Poirot received a bulky envelope, evidently containing some kind of report. He never showed the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I could not have been unconscious more than a minute. I came to myself being hustled along between two men. They had me under each arm, supporting my weight, and there was a gag in my mouth. It was pitch dark, but I gathered that we were not outside... 阅读全文>>