古墓之谜 22

Twenty-one,MR.?MERCADO, RICHARD CAREY,“They work in two separate places, I see, ” said Poirot, halting.,Mr.?Reiter had been doing his photography on an outlying portion of the main excavation ¹. Alittle distance away from us a second swarm ² of men were coming and going with baskets.,“That’s what they call the deep cut,
” I explained. “They don’t find much there, nothing butrubbishy broken pottery ³, but Dr. Leidner always says it’s very interesting, so I suppose itmust?be.”,“Let us go there. ”,Mr.?Mercado was in command. We saw him below us talking to the foreman, an old man likea tortoise who wore a tweed coat over his long striped cotton gown.,It was a little difficult to get down to them as there was only a narrow path or stair andbasketboys were going up and down it constantly, and they always seemed to be as blind as batsand never to think of getting out of the way.,As I followed Poirot down he said suddenly over his shoulder: “Is Mr.?Mercado right-handedor left-handed?”,Now that was an extraordinary question if you like!,I thought a minute, then: “Right-handed,
” I said decisively.,The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹 。,There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂
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