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日期：2023-09-12 27 hercule poirot sat in a big armchair. the wall lights had been turned out. only a rose-shaded lamp shed its glow on the figure in the armchair. there seemed something symbolic about it - he alone in the light - and the other three, sir charles, mr... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 26 poirot did not have quite the uninterrupted twenty-four hours for which he had stipulated. at twenty minutes past eleven on the following morning egg walked in unannounced. to her amazement she found the great detective engaged in building card ho... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 25 before catching their train hercule poirot and mr. satterthwaite had had a brief interview with miss lyndon, the late sir bartholomew stranges secretary. miss lyndon had been very willing to help, but had had nothing of important to tell them. mrs... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 24 at once an excited discussion sprang up. an abc was produced. it was decided that an early train would be better than going by car. at last, said sir charles, were going to get that particular part of the mystery cleared up. what do you think of t... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 23 sitting in a comfortable armchair in his slightly florid suite at the ritz, hercule poirot listened. egg was perched on the arm of a chair, sir charles stood in front of the fireplace, mr. satterthwaite sat a little farther away observing the grou... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 22 at the office of messrs. speier ross, mr. satterthwaite asked for mr. oliver manders and sent in his card. presently he was ushered into a small room, where oliver was sitting at a writing-table. the young man got up and shook hands. good of you t... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 21 five upper cathcart road, tooting, seemed an incongruous home for a satiric playwright. the room into which sir charles was shown had walls of a rather drab oatmeal colour with a frieze of laburnum round the top. the curtains were of rose-coloured... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 20 now, are you a friend or are you a sleuth? i simply must know. miss sutcliffe flashed a pair of mocking eyes as she spoke. she was sitting in a straight-backed chair, her grey hair becomingly arranged, her legs were crossed and mr. satterthwaite a... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 19 egg had not yet finished her programme for the day. her next move was to st. johns house, in which building the dacres had a flat. there were sumptuous window boxes and uniformed porters of such magnificence that they looked like foreign generals.... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 18 the showrooms of ambrosine, ltd., were very pure in appearance. the walls were a shade just off white - the thick pile carpet was son neutral as to be almost colourless - so was the upholstery. chromium gleamed here and there, and on one wall was... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 17 so, you see, the fish has risen, said hercule poirot. mr. satterthwaite, who had been looking at the door which had just closed behind the other two, gave a start as he turned to poirot. the latter was smiling with a hint of mockery. yes, yes, do... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 16 good, said poirot. we are colleagues. eh bien, you will put me, if you please, au courant of the situation. he listened with close attention whilst mr. satterthwaite outlined the steps they had taken since returning to england. mr. satterthwaite w... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 15 frankly, said sir charles, are we any forrader? it was a council of war. sir charles, mr. satterthwaite and egg lytton gore were sitting in the ship-room. a fire burned in the grate, and outside an equinoctial gale was howling. mr. satterthwaite a... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 14 mr. satterthwaite had come down to crows nest with sir charles. whilst his host and egg lytton gore were visiting mrs. babbington, mr. satterthwaite was having tea with lady mary. lady mary liked mr. satterthwaite. for all her gentleness of manner... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 third act - discovery chapter 1 mrs babbington 13 mrs. babbington had moved into a small fishermans cottage not far from the harbour. she was expecting a sister home from japan in about six months. until her sister arrived she was making no plans for... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 12 sir charles and mr. satterthwaite arrived back in london the following evening. the interview with colonel johnson had had to be very tactfully conducted. superintendent crossfield had not been too pleased that mere gentlemen should have found wha... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 添加章节 章节列表 修改章节 * 标题 排序 * 内容 20 br /now, are you a friend or are you a sleuth? i simply must know. br /miss sutcliffe flashed a pair of mocking eyes as she spoke. she was sitting in a straight-backed chair, her grey hair becomingly... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 10 how about an examination of elliss room? asked mr. satterthwaite, having enjoyed the spectacle of sir charless blush to the full. the actor seized at the diversion. excellent, excellent. just what i was about to suggest myself. of course the polic... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 9 nothing could have been more peaceful than the grounds and building of melfort abbey as the two men saw it that afternoon in the september sunshine. portions of the abbey were fifteenth century. it had been restored and a new wing added on to it. t... 阅读全文>> 日期：2023-09-12 8 as they walked along the street, sir charles said: any ideas, satterthwaite? what about you? asked mr. satterthwaite. he liked to reserve judgment until the last possible moment. not so sir charles. he spoke emphatically: theyre wrong, satterthwait... 阅读全文>> |
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