日期：2025-03-03 Twenty-two I At eleven oclock, Hercule Poirot called an informal meeting in the library. Everyone was there and Poirot looked thoughtfully round the semicircle of faces. Last night, he said, Mrs. Shane announced to you that I was a private detective... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Twenty-one I It was not until nearly an hour later that Mr. Entwhistle, after a great deal of conversation with supervisors and others, found himself at last speaking to Hercule Poirot. Thank heaven! said Mr. Entwhistle with pardonable exasperation.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Fifteen I That linoleum does look nice, Mrs. Jones. What a hand you have with lino. The teapots on the kitchen table, so go and help yourself. Ill be there as soon as Ive taken up Mr. Abernethies elevenses. Miss Gilchrist trotted up the staircase, c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Eighteen From his seat by the fireplace in the library, Hercule Poirot looked at the assembled company. His eyes passed thoughtfully over Susan, sitting upright, looking vivid and animated, over her husband, sitting near her, his expression rather v... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Seventeen Michael tossed the letter across the table to Rosamund. What about it? Oh, well go. Dont you think so? Michael said slowly: It might be as well. There might be some jewellery Of course all the things in the house are quite hideous stuffed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Sixteen George Crossfield paused irresolutely for a moment as he watched a particular feminine back disappear through a doorway. Then he nodded to himself and went in pursuit. The doorway in question was that of a double-fronted shopa shop that had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Fourteen Hercule Poirot said to a grim-faced Janet: Thank you very much. You have been most kind. Janet, her lips still fixed in a sour line, left the room. These foreigners! The questions they asked. Their impertinence! All very well to say that he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Thirteen When the card of Inspector Morton of the Berkshire County Police was brought to Hercule Poirot, his eyebrows went up. Show him in, Georges, show him in. And bringwhat is it that the police prefer? I would suggest beer, sir. How horrible! Bu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Twelve Two elderly men sat together in a room whose furnishings were of the most modern kind. There were no curves in the room. Everything was square. Almost the only exception was Hercule Poirot himself who was full of curves. His stomach was pleas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Eleven I Susan lay in bed and waited for sleep to come. It had been a long day and she was tired. She had been quite sure that she would go to sleep at once. She never had any difficulty in going to sleep. And yet here she lay, hour after hour, wide... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Ten Susan retrieved the car from the quarry where she had left it and drove it into the village. There was a petrol pump but no garage and she was advised to take it to the Kings Arms. They had room for it there and she left it by a big Daimler whic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Nine Miss Gilchrist pulled her black hat down firmly on her head and tucked in a wisp of grey hair. The inquest was set for twelve oclock and it was not quite twenty past eleven. Her grey coat and skirt looked quite nice, she thought, and she had bo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Eight I Mr. Entwhistle looked at Dr. Larraby thoughtfully. He had had a lifetime of experience in summing people up. There had been frequent occasions on which it had been necessary to tackle a difficult situation or a delicate subject. Mr. Entwhist... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Seven I cant tell you how much I appreciate your invitation. Mr. Entwhistle pressed his hosts hand warmly. Hercule Poirot gestured hospitably to a chair by the fire. Mr. Entwhistle sighed as he sat down. On one side of the room a table was laid for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Five I Worn out, thats what you are, said Miss Entwhistle in the indignant and bullying tones adopted by devoted sisters towards brothers for whom they keep house. You shouldnt do it, at your age. Whats it all got to do with you, Id like to know? Yo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Six I Very good of you to come along, said Maude gruffly, as she greeted Mr. Entwhistle on the platform of Bayham Compton station. I can assure you that both Timothy and I much appreciate it. Of course the truth is that Richards death was the worst... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Four I Mr. Entwhistle passed a very restless night. He felt so tired and so unwell in the morning that he did not get up. His sister, who kept house for him, brought up his breakfast on a tray and explained to him severely how wrong he had been to g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Three I Travelling to London in the corner of a first-class carriage Mr. Entwhistle gave himself up to somewhat uneasy thought over that extraordinary remark made by Cora Lansquenet. Of course Cora was a rather unbalanced and excessively stupid woma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 Two After the delicious chicken soup, and plenty of cold viands accompanied by an excellent Chablis, the funeral atmosphere lightened. Nobody had really felt any deep grief for Richard Abernethies death since none of them had had any close ties with... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-03-03 One I Old Lanscombe moved totteringly from room to room, pulling up the blinds. Now and then he peered with screwed-up rheumy eyes through the windows. Soon they would be coming back from the funeral. He shuffled along a little faster. There were so... 阅读全文>>