日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 12 Ellen Poirot said no word till we had emerged from the nursing home into the outer air. Then he caught me by the arm. You see, Hastings? You see? Ah! Sacre tonnerre! I was right! I was right! Always I knew there was something lacking-some... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 13 Letters Having successfully got rid of Ellen, Poirot turned a somewhat thoughtful face towards me. I wonder now-did she hear those shots? I think she did. She heard them, she opened the kitchen door. She heard Nick rush down the stairs an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 14 - The Mystery of the Missing Will We went straight back to the nursing home. Nick looked rather surprised to see us. Yes, Mademoiselle, said Poirot, answering her look. I am like the Jack in the Case. I pop up again. To begin with I will... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 15 Strange Behaviour of Frederica Poirots inventions about the Chief Constable were proved not to have been so mendacious after all. Colonel Weston called upon us soon after lunch. He was a tall man of military carriage with considerable goo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 16 Interview with Mr Whitfield The inquest was a dry proceeding-mere bare bones. There was evidence of identification, then I gave evidence of the finding of the body. Medical evidence followed. The inquest was adjourned for a week. The St L... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 17 A Box of Chocolates All the way to the nursing home Poirot murmured and muttered to himself. He was full of self-reproach. I should have known, he groaned. I should have known! And yet, what could I do? I took every precaution. It is impo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 18 The Face at the Window The events of the next day are completely hazy in my memory. I was unfortunate enough to awake with fever on me. I have been liable to these bouts of fever at inconvenient times ever since I once contracted malaria.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 19 Poirot Produces a Play It was a curious gathering that met that night at End House. I had hardly seen Poirot all day. He had been out for dinner but had left me a message that I was to be at End House at nine oclock. Evening dress, he had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Chapter 20 J. It was all so sudden that for a moment no one knew what had happened. Then, with a violent exclamation, Poirot ran to the window. Challenger was with him. A moment later they reappeared, carrying with them the limp body of a man. As th... 阅读全文>>

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>>