东方快车谋杀案 18

Nine,THE EVIDENCE OF MR. HARDMAN,The last of the first-class passengers to be interviewed—Mr. Hardman—was the big flamboyantAmerican who had shared a table with the Italian and the valet.,He wore a somewhat loud check suit, a pink shirt, a flashy tiepin, and was rolling somethinground his tongue as he entered the dining car. He had a big, fleshy, coarse-featured face, with agood humoured expression.,“Morning, gentlemen,” he said. “What can I do for you? ”,“You have heard of this murder, Mr.—er—Hardman?
”,He shifted the chewing gum deftly ¹.,“We are of necessity interviewing all the passengers on the train.”,“That’s all right by me. Guess that’s the only way to tackle the job. ”,Poirot consulted the passport lying in front of him.,“You are Cyrus Bethman Hardman, United States subject, forty-one years of age, travellingsalesman for typewriting ribbons?
”,At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹,He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼 ，她便知道他的想法和她一样 。