日期：2023-08-07 I was slightly nervous when I rang the bell at Marby Grange the following afternoon. I wondered very much what Poirot expected to find out. He had entrusted the job to me. Why? Was it because, as in the case of questioning Major Blunt, he wished to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 A joint inquest was held on Monday. I do not propose to give the proceedings in detail. To do so would only be to go over the same ground again and again. By arrangement with the police, very little was allowed to come out. I gave evidence as to the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 That evening, at Poirots request, I went over to his house after dinner. Caroline saw me depart with visible reluctance. I think she would have liked to have accompanied me. Poirot greeted me hospitably. He had placed a bottle of Irish whisky (which... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 After the evening talk I have just chronicled, the affair seemed to me to enter on a different phase. The whole thing can be divided into two parts, each clear and distinct from the other. Part I. ranges from Ackroyds death on the Friday evening to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 I was to have a further proof that day of the success of Poirots tactics. That challenge of his had been a subtle touch born of his knowledge of human nature. A mixture of fear and guilt had wrung the truth from Mrs. Ackroyd. She was the first to re... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 That night we had a little Mah Jong party. This kind of simple entertainment is very popular in Kings Abbot. The guests arrive in goloshes and waterproofs after dinner. They partake of coffee and later of cake, sandwiches, and tea. On this particula... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It occurred to me the next morning that under the exhilaration produced by Tin-ho, or the Perfect Winning, I might have been slightly indiscreet. True, Poirot had not asked me to keep the discovery of the ring to myself. On the other hand, he had sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Half an hour later saw Poirot, myself, and Inspector Raglan in the train on the way to Liverpool. The inspector was clearly very excited. We may get a line on the blackmailing part of the business, if on nothing else, he declared jubilantly. Hes a r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 As I was returning from my round the following morning, I was hailed by Inspector Raglan. I pulled up, and the inspector mounted on the step. Good-morning, Dr. Sheppard, he said. Well, that alibi is all right enough. Charles Kents? Charles Kents. Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Inspector Raglan had received a bad jolt. He was not deceived by Blunts valiant lie any more than we had been. Our way back to the village was punctuated by his complaints. This alters everything, this does. I dont know whether youve realized it, Mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Caroline, of course, had not failed to see Miss Russell come to the surgery door. I had anticipated this, and had ready an elaborate account of the ladys bad knee. But Caroline was not in a cross-questioning mood. Her point of view was that she knew... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 For a moment or two the girl looked mutely at Poirot. Then, her reserve breaking down completely, she nodded her head once, and burst into an outburst of sobs. Caroline pushed past me, and putting her arm round the girl, patted her on the shoulder.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 And now, said Caroline, rising, that child is coming upstairs to lie down. Dont you worry, my dear. M. Poirot will do everything he can for yoube sure of that. I ought to go back to Fernly, said Ursula uncertainly. But Caroline silenced her protests... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 It was a very uncomfortable minute for me. I hardly took in what happened next, but there were exclamations and cries of surprise! When I was sufficiently master of myself to be able to realize what was going on, Ralph Paton was standing by his wife... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 A slight gesture from Poirot enjoined me to stay behind the rest. I obeyed, going over to the fire and thoughtfully stirring the big logs on it with the toe of my boot. I was puzzled. For the first time I was absolutely at sea as to Poirots meaning.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 There was a dead silence for a minute and a half. Then I laughed. Youre mad, I said. No, said Poirot placidly. I am not mad. It was the little discrepancy in time that first drew my attention to youright at the beginning. Discrepancy in time? I quer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Five a.m. I am very tiredbut I have finished my task. My arm aches from writing. A strange end to my manuscript. I meant it to be published some day as the history of one of Poirots failures! Odd, how things pan out. All along Ive had a premonition... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Gentleman Joe! Why, if it isnt old Jimmy McGrath. Castles select Tour, represented by seven depressed-looking females and three perspiring males, looked on with considerable interest. Evidently their Mr. Cade had met an old friend. They all admired... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 So thats that, said Anthony, finishing off his glass and replacing it on the table. What boat were you going on? Granarth Castle. Passage booked in your name, I suppose, so Id better travel as James McGrath. Weve outgrown the passport business, have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2023-08-07 Quite so, my dear fellow, quite so, said Lord Caterham. He had used the same words three times already, each time in the hope that they would end the interview and permit him to escape. He disliked very much being forced to stand on the steps of the... 阅读全文>>