Lord Edgware Dies人性记录17

Chapter 17, The Butler,The following day was one of inactivity for us, and activity for Japp. He came round to see us about teatime.,He was red and wrathful.,‘I’ve made a bloomer.’,‘Impossible, my friend,’ said Poirot soothingly.,‘He has disappeared?’,‘Yes. Hooked it. What makes me kick myself for a double-dyed idiot is that I didn’t particularly suspect him.’,‘Calm yourself – but calm yourself then.’,‘All very well to talk. You wouldn’t be calm if you’d been hauled over the coals at headquarters. Oh! he’s a slippery customer. It isn’t the first time he’s given anyone the slip. He’s an old hand.’,Japp wiped his forehead and looked the picture of misery. Poirot made sympathetic noises – somewhat suggestive of a hen laying an egg. With more insight into the English character, I poured out a stiff whisky and soda and placed it in front of the gloomy inspector. He brightened a little.,