日期：2024-12-31 VII Jean Moncrieffe said: I must ask you to forgive me, M. Poirot. I have been so angry with youso terribly angry with you. It seemed to me that you were making everything so much worse. Poirot said with a smile: So I was to begin with. It is like i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 VI Dr. Alan Garcia, the Home Office Analyst, rubbed his hands and twinkled at Hercule Poirot. He said: Well, this suits you, M. Poirot, I suppose? The man whos always right. Poirot said: You are too kind. What put you on to it? Gossip? As you sayEnt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 V Hercule Poirot walked along to the post office and put through a call to London. The voice at the other end was petulant. Must you go nosing out these things, my dear Poirot? Are you sure its a case for us? You know what these country town rumours... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 IV It was a very short time afterwards that Hercule Poirot found himself sitting opposite to the woman who certainly must know more about the circumstances that had given rise to the rumours than anyone else. Nurse Harrison was still a handsome woma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 III Nibbling delicately at a scone and balancing a cup of tea on his knee, Hercule Poirot allowed himself to become confidential with his hostess. Miss Leatheran had been kind enough to ask him to tea and had thereupon made it her business to find o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 II We are going into the country, Georges, said Hercule Poirot to his valet. Indeed, sir? said the imperturbable George. And the purpose of our journey is to destroy a monster with nine heads. Really, sir? Something after the style of the Loch Ness... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 Two THE LERNEAN HYDRA Hercule Poirot looked encouragingly at the man seated opposite him. Dr. Charles Oldfield was a man of perhaps forty. He had fair hair slightly grey at the temples and blue eyes that held a worried expression. He stooped a littl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 IX Lady Hoggin said to her husband: Funny, this tonic tastes quite different. It hasnt got that bitter taste any more. I wonder why? Sir Joseph growled: Chemist. Careless fellows. Make things up differently different times. Lady Hoggin said doubtful... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 VIII Sir Joseph received Hercule Poirot in his study. He said: Well, Mr. Poirot? Made your boast good? Let me first ask you a question, said Poirot as he seated himself. I know who the criminal is and I think it possible that I can produce sufficien... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 VII It was three days later when the invaluable Georges said: This is the address, sir. Hercule Poirot took the piece of paper handed to him. Excellent, my good Georges. And what day of the week? Thursdays, sir. Thursdays. And today, most fortunatel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 V Hercule Poirot went up in the lift to Sir Joseph Hoggins office. He sent in his card and was told that Sir Joseph was engaged at the moment but would see him presently. A haughty blonde sailed out of Sir Josephs room at last with her hands full of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 IV The drawing room of Mrs. Samuelson was larger, more lavishly furnished, and enjoyed an even more stifling amount of central heating than that of Lady Hoggin. Hercule Poirot picked his way giddily amongst gilded console tables and large groups of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 III It was the habit of Hercule Poirot to leave nothing untested. Though on the face of it it seemed unlikely that Miss Carnaby was anything but the foolish and rather muddle-headed woman that she appeared to be, Poirot nevertheless managed to inter... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 II In a large, hot, ornately furnished drawing room two women were sitting. As Sir Joseph and Hercule Poirot entered, a small Pekinese dog rushed forward, barking furiously, and circling dangerously round Poirots ankles. ShanShan, come here. Come he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 One THE NEMEAN LION Anything of interest this morning, Miss Lemon? he asked as he entered the room the following morning. He trusted Miss Lemon. She was a woman without imagination, but she had an instinct. Anything that she mentioned as worth consi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 Foreword Hercule Poirots flat was essentially modern in its furnishings. It gleamed with chromium. Its easy chairs, though comfortably padded, were square and uncompromising in outline. On one of these chairs sat Hercule Poirot, neatlyin the middle... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 Thirty As she drove towards London, the two phrases echoed through Henriettas mind. What shall I do? Where shall I go? For the last few weeks she had been strung up, excited, never relaxing for a moment. She had had a task to performa task laid on h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 Twenty-nine Gerda rolled over to the side of the bed and sat up. Her head felt a little better now but she was still glad that she hadnt gone with the others on the picnic. It was peaceful and almost comforting to be alone in the house for a bit. El... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 Twenty-eight Midge, lying dry-eyed and awake in the darkness, turned restlessly on her pillows. She heard a door unlatch, a footstep in the corridor outside passing her door. It was Edwards door and Edwards step. She switched on the lamp by her bed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-12-31 II That afternoon, Poirot received his third visitor. He had been visited by Henrietta Savernake and Veronica Cray. This time it was Lady Angkatell. She came floating up the path with her usual appearance of insubstantiality. He opened the door and... 阅读全文>>