东方快车谋杀案 13

Four,THE EVIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN LADY,Mrs. Hubbard arrived in the dining car in such a state of breathless excitement that she was hardlyable to articulate her words.,“Now just tell me this. Who’s in authority here? I’ve got some vurry important information,vurry important, indeed, and I just want to tell it to someone in authority as soon as may be. If yougentlemen— ”,Her wavering glance fluctuated between the three men. Poirot leaned forward.,“Tell it to me, Madame,
” he said. “But, first, pray be seated.”,“What I’ve got to tell you is just this. There was a murder on the train last night, and themurderer was right there in my compartment ¹! ”,She paused to give dramatic emphasis to her words.,“You are sure of this, Madame?
”,“Of course I’m sure! The idea! I know what I’m talking about. I’ll tell you just everything thereis to tell. I’d gotten into bed and gone to sleep, and suddenly I woke up—all in the dark, it was—and I knew there was a man in my compartment. I was just so scared I couldn’t scream, if youknow what I mean. I just lay there and thought, ‘Mercy, I’m going to be killed.’ I just can’tdescribe to you how I felt. These nasty trains, I thought, and all the outrages ² I’d read of. And Ithought, ‘Well, anyway, he won’t get my jewellery.’ Because, you see, I’d put that in a stockingand hidden it under my pillow—which isn’t so mighty ³ comfortable, by the way, kinder bumpy ⁴, ifyou know what I mean. But that’s neither here nor there. Where was I?”,“You realized, Madame, that there was a man in your compartment. ”,The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里 。,People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages. 人们在设法对恐怖分子最近的暴行进行严惩
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