首相绑架案 13

Thirteen,THE LOST MINE,I laid down my bank book with a sigh.,“It is a curious thing,” I observed, “but my overdraft ¹ never seems to grow any less. ”,“And it perturbs ² you not? Me, if I had an overdraft, never should I close my eyes all night,
”,declared Poirot.,“Four hundred and forty- four pounds, four and fourpence,” said Poirot with somecomplacency. “A neat figure, is it not? ”,“It must be tact ³ on the part of your bank manager. He is evidently acquainted with yourpassion for symmetrical details. What about investing, say, three hundred of it in the Porcupine ⁵ oilfields? Their prospectus ⁶, which is advertised in the papers today, says that they will pay onehundred per cent dividends ⁷ next year.
”,“Not for me,” said Poirot, shaking his head. “I like not the sensational ⁸. For me the safe, theprudent investment—les rentes, the consols, the—how do you call it?—the conversion ⁹. ”,“Have you never made a speculative ¹⁰ investment?
”,“No, mon ami,” replied Poirot severely ¹¹. “I have not. And the only shares I own which havenot what you call the gilded ¹² edge are fourteen thousand shares in the Burma Mines Ltd. ”,An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.银行贴现的支票到期而未能支付就成为透支。,What perturbs me is that magazine articles are so much shorter nowadays. 让我不安的是现在杂志文章都短多了 。 来自辞典例句