日期：2024-08-05 3希尔达说：原来你在这儿，戴维，我一直在到处找你。别待在这个房间了，这儿实在太冷了。 戴维有一会儿没有答话。他正站在那儿看着一张躺椅，缎子坐垫已经褪色了。他突然开口了： 这是她的椅子。她以前总是坐在这张椅子上，还是老样子和原来一样。只是有些褪色，这也理... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 4门铃咄咄逼人地响了起来。特雷西利安站起身来，从餐具室慢慢地走向门口。 铃声又响了起来。特雷西利安皱起眉头，透过门上的毛玻璃，看见一个戴着宽边软帽的男人的侧影。 特雷西利安摸了摸额头，觉得很不安，好像所有事情都会重复两次。 此情此景之前肯定发生过，肯定... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 第二部分 十二月二十三日 1门铃很少见地一声接一声地叫着，特雷西利安去开门。当他像往常那样慢悠悠地穿过大厅的时候，门铃又响了起来。 特雷西利安涨红了脸。怎么会有人如此粗鲁、如此不耐烦地按一户绅士家的门铃！如果是那些新来的唱诗班的家伙，他可要说说他们。 透... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 2我想，我曾经是，一个非常恶毒的人。西米恩李说。 他靠在椅背上，一根手指不自觉地敲打着扬起的下巴。在他面前，熊熊火光跳动着、闪烁着。他旁边坐着皮拉尔，手里拿一小片纸板，用来遮起脸、挡住火光。时不时地，她会灵活地转动手腕，轻轻地给自己扇扇风。西米恩满意... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 6在戈斯顿霍尔的二楼，一条长长的走廊，通向一间可以俯瞰门前车道的房间。那个房间里全是富丽堂皇的旧式家具。那儿有厚重的织锦墙纸，有皮革包裹的昂贵扶手椅，有龙纹浮雕的大花瓶，还有青铜雕像每一样东西都豪华、奢侈、结实。 在全屋最宽大威风的老人椅上，坐着一个... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 5乔治李，韦斯特林厄姆的下议院议员，是一位四十一岁、有点发福的绅士。他的眼睛是淡蓝色的，稍微有些外凸，总是带着怀疑的神情。他下巴强健，说起话来带着学究腔。 他正以郑重其事的态度说：我告诉过你，玛格达莱尼，我认为我有义务去。 他的妻子不耐烦地耸耸肩。 她... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 4戴维正在读信。他刚把它揉成一团扔到一边，现在又捡了回来，重新展平读了起来。 他的妻子希尔达一言不发，静静地注视着他。她注意到他太阳穴部位的肌肉在抽搐（还是说那是凸起的青筋），细长的双手在微微颤抖，全身都在紧张地痉挛。最终，当他把总是垂在前额的一缕金... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 3在戈斯顿霍尔蓝金色的宽敞客厅里，阿尔弗雷德李正和妻子莉迪亚坐在那儿讨论圣诞节的计划。阿尔弗雷德是一个体形壮硕的中年人，有一张和善的脸和一双温柔的棕色眼睛。他说话时声音很轻，但吐字清楚。脖子总是缩着，给人一种奇怪的迟钝感。莉迪亚，他的妻子，是一个精力... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 第一部分 十二月二十二日 1 斯蒂芬竖起外衣的领子，沿着站台轻快地走着。头顶的雾气笼罩着整个车站，巨大的引擎发出洪亮的嘶嘶声，把大团大团的蒸汽吐进阴冷潮湿的空气中。一切都是脏脏的，蒙上了污浊的烟尘。 斯蒂芬厌恶地想着：多么肮脏的国度，多么肮脏的城市！ 他... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 2皮拉尔缩着身子紧贴窗户坐着，心想英国人怎么会有股这样的怪味儿呢这是迄今为止英格兰给她的最深感触，完全不同的气味。这里没有大蒜的味道，没有泥土的气息，香水的芬芳微乎其微。此时，这个车厢里是一种窒闷的寒冷气息火车发出的硫黄味，一种肥皂的气味和另一种让人... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 18 Come, said Hercule Poirot. We have still a little way to go! Dr Gerard has invoked thepsychology. So let us now examine the psychological side of this case. We have taken the facts,we have established a chronological sequence of events, w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 17 What really happened? Poirot repeated. He reached behind him, drew forward a chair and sat down. His manner was now friendlyinformal. It is a question, is it not? For the digitoxin was takenthe syringe was missingthere was themark of a hy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 16 There was a pause. Then clearing his throat with a slightly affected sound, Poirot went on: We have now solved the mystery of what I might term the second hypodermic. That belongedto Mrs Lennox Boynton, was taken by Raymond Boynton before... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 15 My preparations are complete, said Hercule Poirot. With a little sigh he stepped back a pace or two and contemplated his arrangement of one of theunoccupied hotel bedrooms. Colonel Carbury, leaning inelegantly against the bed which had be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 14 Poirot met two people on his way home. The first was Mr Jefferson Cope. M. Hercule Poirot? My names Jefferson Cope. The two men shook hands ceremoniously. Then, falling into step beside Poirot, Mr Cope explained: Its just got round to me... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 13 Nadine Boynton came out of the hotel. As she hesitated uncertainly, a waiting figure sprangforward. Mr Jefferson Cope was immediately at his ladys side. Shall we walk up this way? I think its the pleasantest. She acquiesced. They walked a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Authors Foreword Death on the Nile was written after coming back from a winter in Egypt. When I read it now I feel myself back again on the steamer from Assuan to Wadi Halfa. There were quite a number of passengers on board, but the ones in this boo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 11 Sarah King sat on a hill-top absently plucking up wild flowers. Dr Gerard sat on a rough wall ofstones near her. She said suddenly and fiercely: Why did you start all this? If it hadnt been for you Dr Gerard said slowly: You think I shoul... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 10 I wonder, said Hercule Poirot. He folded up the list, went to the door and ordered Mahmoud tobe brought to him. The stout dragoman was voluble. Words dripped from him in a rising flood. Always, always, I am blamed. When anything happens,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 9 Poirot noted the likeness between brother and sister as Raymond Boynton came into the room. His face was stern and set. He did not seem nervous or afraid. He dropped into a chair, staredhard at Poirot, and said: Well? Poirot said gently: Y... 阅读全文>>