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Six,THIRD MURDERER?,“Didn’t get any extra change out of her, ” commented Battle. “Put me in my place, too. She’s theold-fashioned kind, full of consideration for others, but arrogant ¹ as the devil! I can’t believe shedid it, but you never know! She’s got plenty of resolution. What’s the idea of the bridge scores, M.,Poirot?
”,Poirot spread them on the table.,“They are illuminating ², do you not think? What do we want in this case? A clue to character.,“In this next one it is not so easy to follow the play, since it is kept in the cancellation ⁴ style. Butit tells us perhaps something about Major Despard—a man who likes the whole time to know at aglance where he stands. The figures are small and full of character.,“This next score is Mrs. Lorrimer’s—she and Dr. Roberts against the other two—a Homericcombat—figures mounting up above the line each side. Overcalling on the doctor’s part, and theygo down; but, since they are both first- class players, they never go down very much. If thedoctor’s overcalling induces rash bidding on the other side there is the chance seized of doubling.,See—these figures here are doubled tricks gone down. A characteristic handwriting, graceful ⁵, verylegible, firm.,“Here is the last score — the unfinished rubber. I collected one score in each person’shandwriting, you see. Figures rather flamboyant ⁶. Not such high scores as the preceding rubber.,That is probably because the doctor was playing with Miss Meredith, and she is a timid player. Hiscalling would make her more so!,People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢 。,We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大
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