Lord Edgware Dies人性记录30

Chapter 30, The Story,He looked round at us.,‘Come, my friends,’ he said gently. ‘Let me tell you the real story of what happened that night.,‘Carlotta Adams leaves her flat at seven o’clock. From there she takes a taxi and goes to the Piccadilly Palace.’,‘What?’ I exclaimed.,‘She leaves the house, returns to Euston, changes from fair to dark again and picks up her suitcase. She has now to put in time till Carlotta Adams returns from Chiswick. They have agreed as to the approximate time. She goes to the Corner House, occasionally glancing at her watch, for the time passes slowly. Then she prepares for the second murder. She puts the small gold box she has ordered from Paris in Carlotta Adams’ bag which, of course, she is carrying. Perhaps it is then she finds the letter. Perhaps it was earlier. Anyway, as soon as she sees the address, she scents ⁶ danger. She opens it – her suspicions are justified ⁷.,‘Perhaps her first impulse is to destroy the letter altogether. But she soon sees a better way. By removing one page of the letter it reads like an accusation ⁸ of Ronald Marsh ⁹ – a man who had a powerful motive ¹⁰ for the crime. Even if Ronald has an alibi ¹¹, it will still read as an accusation of a man so long as she tears off the s of “she ”. So that is what she does. Then replaces it in the envelope and the envelope back in the bag.,‘Then, the time having come, she walks in the direction of the Savoy Hotel. As soon as she sees the car pass, with (presumably) herself inside, she quickens her pace, enters at the same time and goes straight up the stairs. She is inconspicuously dressed in black. It is unlikely that anyone will notice her.,‘Upstairs she goes to her room. Carlotta Adams has just reached it. The maid has been told to go to bed – a perfectly usual proceeding ¹². They again change clothes and then, I fancy, Lady Edgware suggests a little drink – to celebrate. In that drink is the veronal. She congratulates her victim, says she will send her the cheque tomorrow. Carlotta Adams goes home. She is very sleepy – tries to ring up a friend – possibly M. Martin or Captain Marsh, for both have Victoria numbers – but gives it up. She is too tried. The veronal is beginning to work. She goes to bed – and she never wakes again. The second crime has been carried through successfully.,‘Now for the third crime. It is at a luncheon ¹³ party. Sir Montagu Corner makes a reference to a conversation he had with Lady Edgware on the night of the murder. That is easy. But Nemesis ¹⁴ comes upon her later. There is a mention of the “judgement of Paris
” and she takes Paris to be the only Paris she knows – the Paris of fashion and frills!,He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装 。,The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定
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