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Fifteen,MAJOR DESPARD,Major Despard came out of the Albany, turned sharply into Regent Street and jumped on a bus.,It was the quiet time of day—the top of the bus had very few seats occupied. Despard made hisway forward and sat down on the front seat.,He had jumped on the bus while it was going. Now it came to a halt, took up passengers andmade its way once more up Regent Street.,A second traveller climbed the steps, made his way forward and sat down in the front seat onthe other side.,“It is a good view of London, is it not, that one gets from the top of a bus?”,Despard turned his head. He looked puzzled for a moment, then his face cleared.,“I beg your pardon, M. Poirot. I didn’t see it was you. Yes as you say, one has a good bird’s eyeview of the world from here. It was better, though, in the old days, when there wasn’t all thiscaged-in glass business. ”,Poirot sighed.,“Tout de même, it was not always agreeable in the wet weather when the inside was full. Andthere is much wet weather in this country.
”,I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。,The previously unidentified objects have now been definitely ascertained as being satellites. 原来所说的不明飞行物现在已证实是卫星 。 来自《简明英汉词典》