日期：2025-07-01 Three Mrs. Oliver drove into the inner court of Borodene Mansions. There weresix cars filling the parking space. As Mrs. Oliver hesitated, one of the carsreversed out and drove away. Mrs. Oliver hurried neatly into the vacantspace. She descended, ba... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Poirot considered for a moment. Then he dialled a number. Presently hesaid: Mr. Goby? Hercule Poirot here. Are you very fully occupied at thismoment? Middling, said the voice of Mr. Goby. Middling to fair. But to obligeyou, Monsieur Poirot, if yo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Two IThe telephone rang. Hercule Poirot did not even seem aware of the fact. It rang with shrill and insistent persistence. George entered the room and stepped towards it, turning a questioningglance towards Poirot. Poirot gestured with his hand. Le... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 THIRD GIRL A Hercule Poirot Mystery One Hercule Poirot was sitting at the breakfast table. At his right hand was asteaming cup of chocolate. He had always had a sweet tooth. To accom-pany the chocolate was a brioche. It went agreeably with chocolate... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-nine Once more I was in Wilbraham Crescent, proceeding in a westerly direc-tion. I stopped before the gate of No. 19. No one came screaming out of thehouse this time. It was neat and peaceful. I went up to the front door and rang the bell. Mi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Hardcastle had arrived. We had had the introduction and the greetings. We were now settled down in a companionable fashion, with Dick occa-sionally glancing surreptitiously at Poirot with the air of a man at the Zoostudying a new and surprising a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-eight COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE II arrived at Crowdean at eleven oclock at night, five days later. I went tothe Clarendon Hotel, got a room, and went to bed. Id been tired the nightbefore and I overslept. I woke up at a quarter to ten. I sent for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II I rang Hardcastle. Yes, he said in answer to my questions. Its just as they say. His voice sounded hard and bitter. I went to see her night before last. I told her her story about the scarjust wouldnt jell. That the scar tissue was comparatively... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-seven COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE IYou dont seem to have got much out of that Ramsay woman? com-plained Colonel Beck. There wasnt much to get. Sure of that? Yes. Shes not an active party? No. Beck gave me a searching glance. Satisfied? he asked. No... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-six Mrs. Rival pushed open the door of the Peacocks Arms and made aslightly unsteady progress towards the bar. She was murmuring underher breath. She was no stranger to this particular hostelry and wasgreeted quite affectionately by the barma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 III Going out of the gate I almost cannoned into Mrs. McNaughton. She wascarrying a shopping bag and seemed very wobbly on her feet. Let me, I said and took it from her. She was inclined to clutch it fromme at first, then she leaned her head forward... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-five COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE I had to wait just a minute or two, then the door opened. A big blonde Nordic girl with a flushed face and wearing gaycolouredclothing looked at me inquiringly. Her hands had been hastily wiped butthere were traces... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 II It was a quarter past twelve when I rang the bell at 62, Wilbraham Cres-cent. Mrs. Ramsay opened the door. She hardly raised her eyes to look atme. What is it? she said. Can I speak to you for a moment? I was here about ten days ago. Youmay not r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-four COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE IWhen Sheila had gone, I went across to the Clarendon, packed my bag andleft it ready with the porter. It was the kind of hotel where they are partic-ular about your checking out before noon. Then I set out. My rout... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 II I was sitting on the front step of Hardcastles house, and rose out of thegloom to greet him when he got home on the following evening. Hallo, Colin? Is that you? So youve appeared out of the blue again,have you? If you called it out of the red, i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-three COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE The hotel I was staying in was a poky little place by the station. It served adecent grill but that was all that could be said for it. Except, of course, thatit was cheap. At ten oclock the following morning I rang... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-two COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE ISo you have returned, said Hercule Poirot. He placed a bookmarker carefully to mark his place in the book he wasreading. This time a cup of hot chocolate stood on the table by his elbow. Poirot certainly has the mos... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty-one Detective Inspector Hardcastle looked at the calendar on his desk. 20thSeptember. Just over ten days. They hadnt been able to make as muchprogress as he would have liked because they were held up with that ini-tial difficulty: the identif... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Twenty COLIN LAMBS NARRATIVE I reported to Beck as soon as I got to London. He waved his cigar at me. There might have been something in that idiotic crescent idea of yoursafter all, he allowed. Ive turned up something at last, have I? I wont go as... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-06-30 Nineteen Professor Purdy sounded irritated as he broke off dictating and answeredthe telephone. Who? What? You mean he is here now? Well, ask him if tomorrow willdo?Oh, very wellvery wellTell him to come up. Always something, he said with vexation.... 阅读全文>>