日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 8 After noting on his padN.B. 4.40Poirot opened the door and called to the orderly whomColonel Carbury had left at his disposal, an intelligent man with a good knowledge of English. Heasked him to fetch Miss Carol Boynton. He looked with som... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 6 Lennox Boynton came into the room with a quick, resolute step. Had he been there, Dr Gerardwould have been surprised at the change in the man. The apathy was gone. His bearing was alertalthough he was plainly nervous. His eyes had a tenden... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 7 Poirot looked with interest at the tall, dignified young woman who entered the room. He rose andbowed to her politely. Mrs Lennox Boynton? Hercule Poirot, at your service. Nadine Boynton sat down. Her thoughtful eyes were on Poirots face.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 5 Lady Westholme entered the room with the assurance of a transatlantic liner coming into dock. Miss Amabel Pierce, an indeterminate craft, followed in the liners wake and sat down in aninferior make of chair slightly in the background. Cert... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 4 Sarah King looked long and searchingly at Hercule Poirot. She noted the egg-shaped head, thegigantic moustaches, the dandified appearance and the suspicious blackness of his hair. A look ofdoubt crept into her eyes. Well, mademoiselle, are... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 3 Raymond Boynton said that! The exclamation broke from the Frenchman. You think it unlikelypsychologically speaking? Poirot inquired placidly. Gerard shook his head. No, I should not say that. I was surprised, yes. If you follow me, I was s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 2 The Frenchman came in with a quick yet unhurried tread. As he shook hands with ColonelCarbury he shot a keen, interested glance at Poirot. Carbury said: This is M. Hercule Poirot. Staying with me. Been talking to him about this business do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Part II Chapter 1 Colonel Carbury smiled across the table at his guest and raised his glass. Well, heres to crime! Hercule Poirots eyes twinkled in acknowledgement of the aptness of the toast. He had come to Amman with a letter of introduction to Co... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 12 Sarah went down to the big marquee. She found her three fellow travelers there. They were sittingat table eating. The guide was explaining that there was another party here. They came two days ago. Go day after tomorrow. Americans. The mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 11 Mrs Boynton was here, at Petra! Sarah answered mechanically questions that were addressed to her. Would she have dinnerstraight awayit was readyor would she like to wash first? Would she prefer to sleep in a tentor a cave? Her answer to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 10 It was the morning of the start to Petra. Sarah came down to find a big masterful woman with a rocking-horse nose, whom she hadalready noticed in the hotel, outside the main entrance, objecting fiercely to the size of the car. A great dea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 9 Dr Gerard walked into the office of Messrs Castle, the tourist agents, and found Sarah King at thecounter. She looked up. Oh, good morning. Im fixing up my tour to Petra. Ive just heard you are going after all. Yes, I find I can just manag... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 8 Can I speak to you a minute? Nadine Boynton turned in surprise, staring into the dark eager face of an entirely unknownyoung woman. Why, certainly. But as she spoke, almost unconsciously she threw a quick nervous glance over her shoulder.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 7 Sarah wondered very much whether Carol Boynton would keep her appointment that night. On the whole she rather doubted it. She was afraid that Carol would have a sharp reaction afterher semi-confidences of the morning. Nevertheless she made... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 6 Sarah King stood in the precincts of the Templethe Haramesh-Sherif. Her back was to the Domeof the Rock. The splashing of fountains sounded in her ears. Little groups of tourists passed bywithout disturbing the peace of the oriental atmosp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 5 Into these dark imaginings a breath of the commonplace came with almost ludicrous effect. A man came into the lounge, caught sight of the Boyntons and came across to them. He was apleasant middle-aged American of a strictly conventional ty... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 4 There was a slow asthmatic wheezing coughthen the monumental knitting woman spoke. Ginevra, youre tired, youd better go to bed. The girl started, her fingers stopped their mechanical action. Im not tired, Mother. Gerard recognized apprecia... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 3 When Sarah had left the lounge, Dr Gerard sat where he was for some minutes. Then he strolled tothe table, picked up the latest number of Le Matin and strolled with it to a chair a few yards awayfrom the Boynton family. His curiosity was a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Chapter 2 Miss Sarah King, M.B., stood by the table in the writing-room of the Solomon Hotel in Jerusalem,idly turning over the papers and magazines. A frown contracted her brows and she lookedpreoccupied. The tall middle-aged Frenchman who entered... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Part I Chapter 1 You do see, dont you, that shes got to be killed? The question floated out into the still night air, seemed to hang there a moment and then driftaway down into the darkness towards the... 阅读全文>>