ABC谋杀案 5

Four,MRS. ASCHER,We were received at Andover by Inspector ¹ Glen, a tall fair-haired man with a pleasant smile.,For the sake of conciseness ² I think I had better give a brief résumé of the bare facts of the case.,The crime was discovered by Police Constable ³ Dover at 1 am on the morning of the 22nd.,When on his round he tried the door of the shop and found it unfastened, he entered and at firstthought the place was empty. Directing his torch over the counter, however, he caught sight of thehuddled-up body of the old woman. When the police surgeon arrived on the spot it was elicitedthat the woman had been struck down by a heavy blow on the back of the head, probably whileshe was reaching down a packet of cigarettes from the shelf behind the counter. Death must haveoccurred about nine to seven hours previously ⁴.,So far I haven’t been able to find anyone who saw this man Ascher in the neighbourhood, but, ofcourse, it’s early as yet. He was in the Three Crowns at nine o’clock pretty far gone in drink.,When we get hold of him he’ll be detained on suspicion. ”,“Not a very desirable character, inspector?” asked Poirot.,“Unpleasant bit of goods.
”,“He didn’t live with his wife?”,The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票 。,Conciseness is served when the sentence is so corrected. 句子这样一改就简洁了。