Lord Edgware Dies人性记录19

Chapter 19, A Great Lady,The visit that we received on the following morning was to my mind one of the most surprising things about the whole affair.,I was in my sitting room when Poirot slipped in with his eyes shining.,‘Mon ami, we have a visitor.’,‘Who is it?’,‘How extraordinary! What does she want?’,‘If you accompany me downstairs, mon ami, you will know.’,I hastened to comply. We entered the room together.,The Duchess was a small woman with a high-bridged nose and autocratic eyes. Although she was short one would not have dared to call her dumpy. Dressed though she was in unfashionable black, she was yet every inch a grande dame. She also impressed me as having an almost ruthless personality. Where her son was negative, she was positive. Her will-power was terrific. I could almost feel waves of force emanating from her. No wonder this woman had always dominated all those with whom she came in contact!,She put up a lorgnette and studied first me and then my companion. Then she spoke to him. Her voice was clear and compelling, a voice accustomed to command and to be obeyed.,