底牌 5

II,“Five diamonds. Game and rubber, ” said Colonel Race.,“Good for you, partner,
” he said to Poirot. “I didn’t think you’d do it. Lucky they didn’t lead aspade.”,“Wouldn’t have made much difference, I expect, ” said Superintendent ² Battle, a man of gentlemagnanimity.,He had called spades. His partner, Mrs. Oliver, had had a spade, but “something had told her” tolead a club—with disastrous ³ results.,Colonel Race looked at his watch.,“You’ll excuse me,
” said Superintendent Battle. “But I’m by way of being an ‘early-to-bed’,man.”,“I, too, ” said Hercule Poirot.,“We’d better add up,
” said Race.,The result of the evening’s five rubbers was an overwhelming victory for the male sex. Mrs.,He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修 。,He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监
。