日期：2025-01-30 Fifteen Lynn came out of the house and glanced up at the sky. The sun was getting low, there was no red in the sky but a rather unnatural glow of light. A still evening with a breathless feel about it. There would be, she thought, a storm later. Wel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Fourteen He wont admit it, said Spence. But I think he knows she did it. Sitting in his room at the police station he looked across the table at Poirot. Funny how it was his alibi we were so careful about checking. We never gave much thought to hers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Thirteen It took them only about five minutes to reach Furrowbank. The drive wound up an incline through carefully massed banks of rhododendrons. No trouble or expense had been spared by Gordon Cloade to make Furrowbank a showplace. The parlourmaid... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Twelve When Poirot left the police station he was almost at once accosted by Aunt Kathie. She had several shopping bags with her and came up to him with a breathless eagerness of manner. So terrible about poor Major Porter, she said. I cant help fee... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Eleven Superintendent Spence, the following morning, used almost Frances words: So were back where we started, he said with a sigh. Weve got to find who this fellow Enoch Arden really was. I can tell you that, Superintendent, said Poirot. His name w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Nine Armed with the necessary credentials from Jeremy Cloade, Poirot had got the answers to his questions. They were very definite. The house was a total wreck. The site had been cleared only quite recently in preparation for rebuilding. There had b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Ten It was past eight oclock when Poirot got back to the Stag. He found a note from Frances Cloade asking him to come and see her. He went out at once. She was waiting for him in the drawing room. He had not seen that room before. The open windows g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Eight It was getting late, but there was still one more call that Poirot wanted to make. He went along to Jeremy Cloades house. There he was shown into Jeremy Cloades study by a small, intelligent-looking maid. Left alone, Poirot gazed interestedly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Seven Poirot entered the Stag in a thoughtful mood, and shivering slightly for there was a sharp east wind. The hall was deserted. He pushed open the door of the lounge on the right. It smelt of stale smoke and the fire was nearly out. Poirot tiptoe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Five I was afraid theyd do it, said the coroner apologetically. Local prejudice! Feeling rather than logic. The coroner, the Chief Constable, Superintendent Spence and Hercule Poirot were all in consultation together after the inquest. You did your... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Six Poirot left the police station frowning to himself. His steps grew slower as he walked. In the market square he paused, looking about him. There was Dr. Cloades house with its worn brass plate, and a little way along was the post office. On the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Four The Inquest was held in the Cornmarket. The coroner, Mr. Pebmarsh, was a small fussy man with glasses and a considerable sense of his own importance. Beside him sat the large bulk of Superintendent Spence. In an unobtrusive seat was a small for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Three With a pale determined face and watchful eyes, David had his hands on Rosaleens shoulders. It will be all right, Im telling you, it will be all right. But you must keep your head and do exactly as I tell you. And if they take you away? You sai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Two The telephone rang and Lynn went to answer it. Rowleys voice spoke. Lynn? Rowley? Her voice sounded depressed. He said: What are you up to? I never see you these days. Oh, wellits all choresyou know. Running round with a basket, waiting for fish... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 III Major Porter had the first floor of a small shabby house. They were admitted by a cheerful blowsy- looking woman who took them up. It was a square room with bookshelves round it and some rather bad sporting prints. There were two rugs on the flo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 II At four-thirty Rowley Cloade reappeared. Any luck, M. Poirot? But yes, Mr. Cloade, we go now to see an old friend of Captain Robert Underhays. What? Rowleys mouth fell open. He stared at Poirot with the amazement a small boy shows when a conjurer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 BOOK II One I Hercule Poirot carefully folded the last of the newspapers he had sent George out to purchase. The information they gave was somewhat meagre. Medical evidence was given that the mans skull was fractured by a series of heavy blows. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Seventeen Superintendent Spence looked up at Shepherds Court, Mayfair, before stepping inside its agreeable portal. Situated modestly in the vicinity of Shepherd Market, it was discreet, expensive and inconspicuous. Inside, Spences feet sunk into so... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Sixteen Superintendent Spence looked thoughtfully across his table at Beatrice Lippincott, who was sitting with her lips compressed tightly together. Thank you, Miss Lippincott, he said. Thats all you can remember? Ill have it typed out for you to r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-01-30 Fifteen It was the custom at the Stag for guests to be called at whatever hour they named by the simple process of a loud bang on the door and the shouted information that it was Eight-thirty, sir, or Eight oclock whatever the case might be. Early t... 阅读全文>>