东方快车谋杀案 21

Twelve,THE EVIDENCE OF THE GERMAN LADY’S MAID,M. Bouc was looking at his friend curiously ¹.,“I do not quite understand you, mon vieux. You were trying to do—what? ”,“I was searching for a flaw, my friend.
”,“A flaw?”,“You suspect her, ” said M. Bouc slowly. “But why? She seems a very charming young lady—the last person in the world to be mixed up in a crime of this kind.
”,“I agree,” said Constantine. “She is cold. She has not emotions. She would not stab a man; shewould sue him in the law courts. ”,Poirot sighed “You must, both of you, get rid of your obsession ⁴ that this is an unpremeditatedand sudden crime. As for the reason why I suspect Miss Debenham, there are two. One is becauseof something that I overheard, and that you do not as yet know.”,He retailed ⁵ to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey fromAleppo.,“That is curious, certainly,
” said M. Bouc when he had finished. “It needs explaining. If itmeans what you suspect it means, then they are both of them in it together—she and the stiffEnglishman.”,He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷 。,His body was encased in shining armour.他全身披着明晃晃的甲胄
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