悬崖山庄奇案12

Chapter 12 – Ellen,Poirot said no word till we had emerged from the nursing home into the outer air. Then he caught me by the arm.,'You see, Hastings? You see? Ah! Sacre tonnerre! I was right! I was right! Always I knew there was something lacking-some piece of the puzzle that was not there. And without that missing piece the whole thing was meaningless.',His almost despairing triumph was double-Dutch to me. I Could not see that anything very epoch-making had occurred.,'It was there all the time. And I could not see it. But how should I? To know there is something -that, yes-but to know what that something is. Ah! Qa c'est bien plus difficile.','Do you mean that this has some direct bearing on the crime?' 'Ma foi, do you not see?' 'As a matter of fact, I don't.','I may be very dense, but I can't see it. Do you mean jealousy of some kind?','Jealousy? No, no, my friend. The usual motive-the inevitable motive. Money, my friend, money!',I stared. He went on, speaking more calmly.,'Listen, mon ami. Just over a week ago Sir Matthew Seton dies. And Sir Matthew Seton was a millionaire-one of the richest men in England.','Yes, but-',