蓝色列车之谜14

Chapter 14  ADA MASON'S STORY ,"I cannot repeat to you often enough, Monsieur, our horror, our consternation, and the deep sympathy we feel for you." ,Thus M. Carrege, the Juge d'Instruction, addressed Van Aldin. M. Caux, the Commissary, made sympathetic noises in his throat. Van Aldin brushed away horror, consternation and sympathy with ,an abrupt gesture. The scene was the Examining Magistrate's room at Nice. Besides M. Carrege, the Commissary, and Van Aldin, there was a further person in the room. It was that person who now spoke. ,"M. Van Aldin," he said, "desires action - swift action." ,"Ah!" cried the Commissary, "I have not yet presented you. M. Van Aldin, this is M. Hercule Poirot; you have doubtless heard of him. Although he has retired from his profession for some years now, his name is still a household word as one of the greatest living detectives." ,"You have retired from your profession?" ,"That is so, Monsieur. Now I enjoy the world." ,The little man made a grandiloquent gesture. ,"M. Poirot happened to be travelling on the Blue Train," explained the Commissary, "and he has been so kind as to assist us out of his vast experience." ,The millionaire looked at Poirot keenly. Then he said ,