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Ten,THE ADVENTURE OF THE,ITALIAN NOBLEMAN,Poirot and I had many friends and acquaintances of an informal nature. Amongst these was to benumbered Dr.?Hawker, a near neighbour of ours, and a member of the medical profession. It wasthe genial ¹ doctor’s habit to drop in sometimes of an evening and have a chat with Poirot, of whosegenius he was an ardent ² admirer. The doctor himself, frank and unsuspicious to the last degree,admired the talents so far removed from his own.,On one particular evening in early June, he arrived about half past eight and settled down to acomfortable discussion on the cheery topic of the prevalence of arsenical poisoning in crimes. Itmust have been about a quarter of an hour later when the door of our sitting room flew open, and adistracted female precipitated ³ herself into the room.,“Oh, doctor, you’re wanted! Such a terrible voice. It gave me a turn, it did indeed. ”,“What terrible voice? Who is it, and what’s the trouble?
”,“It was the telephone, doctor. I answered it—and a voice spoke ⁶. ‘Help,’ it said. ‘Doctor—help. They’ve killed me!’ Then it sort of tailed away. ‘Who’s speaking?’ I said. ‘Who’s speaking?’,Then I got a reply, just a whisper, it seemed, ‘Foscatine’—something like that—‘Regent’s Court.’,”,The doctor uttered an exclamation ⁷.,He was a warm-hearted friend and genial host.他是个热心的朋友，也是友善待客的主人。,He's an ardent supporter of the local football team.他是本地足球队的热情支持者 。