日期：2025-07-01 IV In London, Hercule Poirot picked up the telephone. Mrs. Olivers voicecame over. Weve lost Miranda. What do you mean, lost her? We had lunch at The Black Boy. She went to the loo. She didnt comeback. Somebody said they saw her driving away with an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 III After her mother had left the Ladies Room, Miranda waited for aminute or two. Then she opened the door, cautiously peered out, openedthe side door to the garden which was close at hand and ran down thegarden path that led round to the back yard... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Elspeth McKay pricked some sausages with a fork, laid them on a bakingdish, put it in the Frigidair and started to peel potatoes. The telephone rang. Mrs. McKay? Sergeant Goodwin here. Is your brother there? No. Hes in London today. Ive rung him... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-four IMrs. Oliver had ensconced herself at a table in the window of The BlackBoy. It was still fairly early, so the dining room was not very full. Presently, Judith Butler returned from powdering her nose and sat downopposite her and examined... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 III In London Hercule Poirot was sitting in a room with four other men. One was Inspector Timothy Raglan, looking respectful and poker-faced aswas his invariable habit when in the presence of his superiors; the secondwas Superintendent Spence. The t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-three IHave you heard whats on at Quarry Wood? said Mrs. Cartwright, put-ting a packet of Fluffy Flakelets and Wonder White into her shopping bag. Quarry Wood? said Elspeth McKay, to whom she was talking. No, Ihavent heard anything particular... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II Ariadne Oliver smoothed out a telegram she had just taken as deliveredto her at the door. She was so used to getting telegrams through the tele-phone, making frenzied hunts for a pencil to take them down, insistingfirmly that she wanted a confirm... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-two It was not very characteristic of Hercule Poirot to ask the opinions of oth-ers. He was usually quite satisfied with his own opinions. Nevertheless,there were times when he made exceptions. This was one of them. He andSpence had had a bri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Eighteen Poirot sat down, stretched out his legs and said: Ah! that is better. Take your shoes off, said Mrs. Oliver, and rest your feet. No, no, I could not do that. Poirot sounded shocked at the possibility. Well, were old friends together, said M... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty-one Poirot went on up the hill. Suddenly he no longer felt the pain of his feet. Something had come to him. The fitting together of the things he hadthought and felt, had known they were connected, but had not seen howthey were connected. He... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Nineteen Mrs.Leaman said Poirot, writing down the name. Thats right. Harriet Leaman. And the other witness seems to havebeen a James Jenkins. Last heard of going to Australia. And Miss OlgaSeminoff seems to have been last heard of returning to Czech... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twenty When he left Mrs. Butlers house, Poirot took the same way as had beenshown him by Miranda. The aperture in the hedge, it seemed to him, hadbeen slightly enlarged since last time. Somebody, perhaps, with slightlymore bulk than Miranda, had use... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Fifteen Two pairs of eyes looked at Poirot uneasily. I dont see what else we can tell you. Weve both been interviewed bythe police, M. Poirot. Poirot looked from one boy to the other. They would not have describedthemselves as boys; their manner was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Sixteen Hercule Poirot looked with interest at Mrs. Goodbodys face. It was indeedperfect as a model for a witch. The fact that it almost undoubtedly wentwith extreme amiability of character did not dispel the illusion. She talkedwith relish and plea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Seventeen Excuse me, Maam, I wonder if I might speak to you a minute. Mrs. Oliver, who was standing on the verandah of her friends houselooking out to see if there were any signs of Hercule Poirot approachinghe had notified her by telephone that he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 II When Poirot had left the house, he went for a short walk along a turningoff the main road which was labelled Helpsly Cemetery Road. Thecemetery in question did not take him long to reach. It was at most tenminutes walk. It was obviously a cemeter... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Fourteen IAdmitted to Apple Trees, Hercule Poirot was shown into the drawing roomand told that Mrs. Drake would not be long. In passing through the hall he heard the hum of female voices behindwhat he took to be the dining room door. Poirot crossed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Thirteen When Hercule Poirot had taken his leave and departed, Jeremy Fullertonsat before his desk drumming gently with his fingertips. His eyes, how-ever, were far awaylost in thought. He picked up a document in front of him and dropped his eyes do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Twelve The premises of Fullerton, Harrison and Leadbetter were typical of an old-fashioned firm of the utmost respectability. The hand of time had made it-self felt. There were no more Harrisons and no more Leadbetters. Therewas a Mr. Atkinson and a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2025-07-01 Eleven Hercule Poirot looked up at the fa?ade of Quarry House. A solid, well-builtexample of mid-Victorian architecture. He had a vision of its interioraheavy mahogany sideboard, a central rectangular table also of heavy ma-hogany, a billiard room,... 阅读全文>>