古墓之谜 17

Sixteen,THE SUSPECTS,Dr.?Leidner sprang to his feet.,“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The idea is absurd! ”,Mr.?Poirot looked at him quite calmly but said nothing.,“You mean to suggest that my wife’s former husband is one of the expedition and that shedidn’t recognize him?
”,His face will have changed, his build will have changed—his voice may not have changed somuch, but that is a detail he can attend to himself. And remember, she is not looking for himamongst her own household. She visualizes ² him as somewhere outside—a stranger. No, I do notthink she would recognize him. And there is a second possibility. The young brother—the child ofthose days who was so passionately ³ devoted ⁴ to his elder brother. He is now a man. Will sherecognize a child of ten or twelve years old in a man nearing thirty? Yes, there is young WilliamBosner to be reckoned with. Remember, his brother in his eyes may not loom ⁵ as a traitor ⁶ but as apatriot, a martyr ⁷ for his own country—Germany. In his eyes Mrs.?Leidner is the traitor—themonster who sent his beloved brother to death! A susceptible ⁸ child is capable of great heroworship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed ⁹ by an idea which persists into adult life.”,“Quite true, ” said Dr.?Reilly. “The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurateone. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them invery tender years.
”,“Bien. You have these two possibilities. Frederick Bosner, a man by now of fifty odd, andWilliam Bosner, whose age would be something short of thirty. Let us examine the members ofyour staff from these two points of view.”,“This is fantastic, ” murmured Dr.?Leidner. “My staff! The members of my own expedition.
”,“And consequently considered above suspicion,” said Poirot dryly. “A very useful point ofview. Commen?ons! Who could emphatically not be Frederick or William? ”,I had a lapse of memory.我记错了 。,He mentally visualizes a complex form all round itself. 他在脑海里从形体的各个方面来模拟复杂的形体
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