东方快车谋杀案 4

Three,POIROT REFUSES A CASE,M. Hercule Poirot was a little late in entering the luncheon-car on the following day. He had risenearly, breakfasted almost alone, and had spent the morning going over the notes of the case thatwas recalling him to London. He had seen little of his travelling companion.,M. Bouc, who was already seated, gesticulated a greeting and summoned his friend to the emptyplace opposite him. Poirot sat down and soon found himself in the favoured position of the tablewhich was served first and with the choicest morsels ¹. The food, too, was unusually good.,It was not till they were eating a delicate cream cheese that M. Bouc allowed his attention towander to matters other than nourishment ². He was at the stage of a meal when one becomesphilosophic.,“Ah!” he sighed. “If I had but the pen of a Balzac! I would depict ³ this scene. ”,“It is an idea, that,
” said Poirot.,“Ah, you agree? It has not been done, I think? And yet—it lends itself to romance, my friend.,All around us are people, of all classes, of all nationalities, of all ages. For three days these people,these strangers to one another, are brought together. They sleep and eat under one roof, theycannot get away from each other. At the end of three days they part, they go their several ways,never, perhaps, to see each other again.”,“And yet, ” said Poirot, “suppose an accident—
”,“Ah no, my friend—”,Foxes will scratch up grass to find tasty bug and beetle morsels. 狐狸会挖草地 ，寻找美味的虫子和甲壳虫 。 来自互联网,Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力
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