日期：2024-08-05 Twenty-Four Miss Bowers came out of Dr. Bessners cabin, smoothing her cuffs over her wrists. Jacqueline left Cornelia abruptly and accosted the hospital nurse. How is he? she demanded. Poirot came up in time to hear the answer. Miss Bowers was looki... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Twenty-Three The body of the dead woman, who in life had been Louise Bourget, lay on the floor of her cabin. The two men bent over it. Race straightened himself first. Been dead close on an hour, I should say. Well get Bessner on to it. Stabbed to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Twenty-Two Colonel Race swore hastily. This damned case gets more and more involved. He picked up the pearls. I suppose youvenot made a mistake? They look all right to me. They are a very good imitationyes. Now where does that lead us? I suppose Lin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Twenty-One If Miss Bowers had been the kind of woman who enjoyed creating a sensation, she would havebeen richly repaid by the result of her action. A look of utter astonishment passed over Colonel Races face as he picked up the pearls fromthe table... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Twenty People crept into the dining saloon by ones and twos in a very subdued manner. There seemed ageneral feeling that to sit down eagerly to food displayed an unfortunate heartlessness. It was withan almost apologetic air that one passenger after... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Nineteen There was a tap on the door. Come in, Race called. A steward entered. Excuse me, sir, he said to Poirot, but Mr. Doyle is asking for you. I will come. Poirot rose. He went out of the room and up the companion-way to the promenade deck andal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Eighteen Andrew Pennington displayed all the conventional reactions of grief and shock. He was, as usual,carefully dressed. He had changed into a black tie. His long clean-shaven face bore a bewilderedexpression. Gentlemen, he said sadly, this busin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Seventeen Colonel Race glanced curiously at his colleague. He respectedhe had reason to respectthebrain of Hercule Poirot. Yet for the moment he did not follow the others process of thought. Heasked no question, however. He seldom did ask questions.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Sixteen Race pored thoughtfully over a plan of the promenade deck of the Karnak. Fanthorp, young Allerton, Mrs. Allerton. Then an empty cabinSimon Doyles. Now whoson the other side of Mrs. Doyles? The old American dame. If anyone heard anything she... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Fifteen Hercule Poirots observation had not been at fault. There were no pearls on the table by LinnetDoyles bed. Louise Bourget was bidden to make a search among Linnets belongings. According to her, allwas in order. Only the pearls had disappeared... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Fourteen Race said: Someone pinched the pistol. It wasnt Jacqueline de Bellefort. Someone knew enoughto feel that his crime would be attributed to her. But that someone did not know that a hospitalnurse was going to give her morphia and sit up with... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Thirteen Hercule Poirot was just wiping the lather from his freshly shaved face when there was a quick tapon the door, and hard on top of it Colonel Race entered unceremoniously. He closed the doorbehind him. He said: Your instinct was quite correct... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Twelve ICornelia Robson stood inside the temple of Abu Simbel. It was the evening of the following daya hot still evening. The Karnak was anchored once more at Abu Simbel to permit a second visitto be made to the temple, this time by artificial ligh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 II Cornelia, having dealt with Miss Van Schuylers many needs and fantasies, took some needleworkwith her back to the saloon. She herself did not feel in the least sleepy. On the contrary she feltwide awake and slightly excited. The bridge four were... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Eleven Will you explain to me, Madame, the meaning of the word fey? Mrs. Allerton looked slightly surprised. She and Poirot were toiling slowly up to the rockoverlooking the Second Cataract. Most of the others had gone up on camels, but Poirot had f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Ten On the Monday morning various expressions of delight and appreciation were heard on the deckof the Karnak. The steamer was moored to the bank and a few hundred yards away, the morningsun just striking it, was a great temple carved out of the fac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 II That evening, Poirot noticed that Mrs. Allerton was sitting talking to Miss Van Schuyler. As hepassed, Mrs. Allerton closed one eye and opened it again. She was saying, Of course at CalfriesCastlethe dear Duke Cornelia, released from her attendan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Nine IThe steamer arrived early next morning at Ez-Zebua. Cornelia Robson, her face beaming, a large flapping hat on her head, was one of the first tohurry on shore. Cornelia was not good at snubbing people. She was of an amiable disposition anddisp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Eight Mrs. Allerton, looking quiet and distinguished in her simple black lace evening gown, descendedtwo decks to the dining room. At the door of it her son caught her up. Sorry, darling. I thought I was going to be late. I wonder where we sit. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2024-08-05 Seven Simon and Linnet Doyle set off on their expedition to Philae about eleven oclock the followingmorning. Jacqueline de Bellefort, sitting on the hotel balcony, watched them set off in thepicturesque sailing-boat. What she did not see was the dep... 阅读全文>>