东方快车谋杀案 6

Five,THE CRIME,He found it difficult to go to sleep again at once. For one thing, he missed the motion of the train.,If it was a station outside it was curiously ¹ quiet. By contrast, the noises on the train seemedunusually loud. He could hear Ratchett moving about next door—a click as he pulled down thewashbasin, the sound of the tap running, a splashing noise, then another click as the basin shut toagain. Footsteps passed up the corridor outside, the shuffling ² footsteps of someone in bedroomslippers.,Hercule Poirot lay awake staring at the ceiling. Why was the station outside so silent? His throatfelt dry. He had forgotten to ask for his usual bottle of mineral water. He looked at his watchagain. Just after a quarter past one. He would ring for the conductor and ask him for some mineralwater. His finger went out to the bell, but he paused as in the stillness he heard a ting. The mancouldn’t answer every bell at once.,Ting…ting…ting…,Ting…,Whoever it was was keeping their finger solidly on the push.,Suddenly with a rush, his footsteps echoing up the aisle ³, the man came. He knocked at a doornot far from Poirot’s own.,Then came voices—the conductor’s, deferential ⁴, apologetic, and a woman’s—insistent andvoluble.,Mrs. Hubbard.,He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷 。,Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走
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