Lord Edgware Dies人性记录26

Chapter 26, Paris?,A few minutes later we were jumping into a taxi.,Poirot’s face was very grave.,‘I am afraid, Hastings,’ he said. ‘I am afraid.’,‘You don’t mean –’ I said and stopped.,‘Was what he had to tell so important?’ I asked doubtfully. ‘He did not seem to think so.’,‘Then he was wrong. Evidently what he had to tell was of supreme importance.’,‘But how could anyone know?’,‘He spoke to you, you say. There, at Claridge’s. With people all round. Madness – utter madness. Ah! why did you not bring him back with you – guard him – let no one near him till I had heard what he had to say.’,‘I never thought – I never dreamt –’ I stammered.,