Lord Edgware Dies人性记录20

Chapter 20, The Taxi-Driver,We found Japp interrogating an old man with a ragged moustache and spectacles. He had a hoarse self-pitying voice.,‘Ah! there you are,’ said Japp. ‘Well, things are all plain sailing, I think. This man – his name’s Jobson – picked up two people in Long Acre on the night of June 29th.’,‘That’s right,’ assented Jobson hoarsely. ‘Lovely night it were. Moon and all. The young lady and gentleman were by the tube station and hailed me.’,‘They were in evening dress?’,‘What time was this?’,‘Some time afore eleven.’,‘Well, what next?’,‘Told me to go to Regent Gate – they’d tell me which house when they got there. And told me to be quick, too. People always says that. As though you wanted to loiter. Sooner you get there and get another fare the better for you. You never think of that. And, mind you, if there’s an accident you’ll get the blame for dangerous driving!’,‘Cut it out,’ said Japp impatiently. ‘There wasn’t an accident this time, was there?’,