东方快车谋杀案 11

Two,THE EVIDENCE OF THE SECRETARY,For a minute or two Poirot remained lost in thought.,“I think, ” he said at last, “that it would be well to have a further word with M. MacQueen, inview of what we now know.
”,The young American appeared promptly ¹.,“Well,” he said, “how are things going? ”,Ratchett.
”,Hector MacQueen leaned forward interestedly.,“Yes?” he said.,“Ratchett, as you suspected, was merely an alias ². Ratchett was Cassetti, the man who ran thecelebrated kidnapping stunts—including the famous affair of little Daisy Armstrong. ”,An expression of utter astonishment ³ appeared on MacQueen’s face; then it darkened.,She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。,His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯 。