悬崖山庄奇案4

Chapter 4 – There Must Be Something!,'Poirot,' I said, as soon as we were out upon the road. 'There is one thing I think you ought to know.','And what is that, mon ami?',I told him of Mrs Rice's version of the trouble with the motor.,Tiens! C'est interessant, ca. There is, of course, a type, vain, hysterical, that seeks to make itself interesting by having marvellous escapes from death and which will recount to you surprising histories that never happened! Yes, it is well known, that type there. Such people will even do themselves grave bodily injury to sustain the fiction.','You don't think that-','Yes,' I said. 'That's true. She dragged it into the conversation neck and crop-for no earthly reason that I could see.','That is curious. Yes, that is curious. The little facts that are curious, I like to see them appear. They are significant. They point the way.','The way-where?','You put your finger on the weak spot, my excellent Hastings. Where? Where indeed! Alas, we shall not know till we get there.','Tell me, Poirot,' I said. 'Why did you insist on her getting this cousin to stay?',