东方快车谋杀案 23

Fourteen,THE EVIDENCE OF THE WEAPON,With more vigour ¹ than chivalry ², M. Bouc deposited the fainting lady with her head on the table.,Dr. Constantine yelled for one of the restaurant attendants, who came at a run.,“Keep her head so,” said the doctor. “If she revives give her a little cognac. You understand? ”,Then he hurried off after the other two. His interest lay wholly in the crime—swooning middle-aged ³ ladies did not interest him at all.,“I just can’t say how terrible it was. I don’t suppose anybody on this train can understand myfeelings. I’ve always been vurry, vurry sensitive ever since a child. The mere ⁶ sight of blood—ugh—why even now I come over queer when I think about it.
”,The attendant proffered ⁵ the glass again.,“Encore un peu, Madame.”,“D’you think I’d better? I’m a lifelong teetotaller. I just never touch spirits or wine at any time.,All my family are abstainers. Still perhaps as this is only medical— ”,At 40,he was in his prime and full of vigour.他40岁时正年富力强。,The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代 。