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Seventeen,THE STAIN BY THE WASHSTAND,Mrs.?Leidner’s body had been taken to Hassanieh for the postmortem, but otherwise her room hadbeen left exactly as it was. There was so little in it that it had not taken the police long to go overit.,To the right of the door as you entered was the bed. Opposite the door were the two barredwindows giving on the countryside. Between them was a plain oak table with two drawers thatserved Mrs.?Leidner as a dressing ¹ table. On the east wall there was a line of hooks with dresseshung up protected by cotton bags and a deal chest of drawers. Immediately to the left of the doorwas the washstand. In the middle of the room was a good-sized plain oak table with a blotter andinkstand and a small attaché case. It was in the latter that Mrs.?Leidner had kept the anonymousletters. The curtains were short strips of native material—white striped with orange. The floor wasof stone with some goatskin rugs on it, three narrow ones of brown striped with white in front ofthe two windows and the washstand, and a larger better quality one of white with brown stripeslying between the bed and the writing table.,There were no cupboards or alcoves ² or long curtains—nowhere, in fact, where anyone couldhave hidden. The bed was a plain iron one with a printed cotton quilt. The only trace of luxury inthe room were three pillows all made of the best soft and billowy down. Nobody but Mrs.?Leidnerhad pillows like these.,In a few brief words Dr.?Reilly explained where Mrs.?Leidner’s body had been found—in aheap on the rug beside the bed.,“If you don’t mind, nurse?” he said.,I’m not squeamish. I got down on the floor and arranged myself as far as possible in theattitude in which Mrs.?Leidner’s body had been found.,“Leidner lifted her head when he found her, ” said the doctor. “But I questioned him closelyand it’s obvious that he didn’t actually change her position.
”,“It seems quite straightforward ⁵,” said Poirot. “She was lying on the bed, asleep or resting—someone opens the door, she looks up, rises to her feet— ”,“And he struck her down,
” finished the doctor. “The blow would produce unconsciousnessand death would follow very shortly. You see—”,The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。,In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves. 火炉两边的凹室里是书架 。 来自辞典例句