ABC谋杀案 10

Nine,THE BEXHILL-ON-SEA MURDER,I still remember my awakening ¹ on the morning of the 25th of July. It must have been about seven-thirty.,Poirot was standing ² by my bedside gently shaking me by the shoulder. One glance at his facebrought me from semiconsciousness into the full possession of my faculties ³.,“What is it? ” I demanded, sitting up rapidly.,His answer came quite simply, but a wealth of emotion lay behind the three words he uttered.,“What?
” I cried. “You mean—but today is the 25th.”,“It took place last night—or rather in the early hours of this morning. ”,As I sprang from bed and made a rapid toilet, he recounted briefly ⁴ what he had just learnt overthe telephone.,“The body of a young girl has been found on the beach at Bexhill. She has been identified asElizabeth Barnard, a waitress in one of the cafés, who lived with her parents in a little recentlybuilt bungalow ⁵. Medical evidence gave the time of death as between 11:30 and 1 am.”,“They’re quite sure that this is the crime?
” I asked, as I hastily lathered ⁶ my face.,People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利 。,After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着
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