ABC谋杀案 18

Seventeen,MARKING TIME,With the murder of Sir Carmichael Clarke the A B C mystery leaped into the fullest prominence.,The newspapers were full of nothing else. All sorts of “clues” were reported to have beendiscovered. Arrests were announced to be imminent. There were photographs of every person orplace remotely connected with the murder. There were interviews with anyone who would giveinterviews. There were questions asked in Parliament.,The Andover murder was now bracketed with the other two.,It was the belief of Scotland Yard that the fullest publicity was the best chance of laying themurderer by the heels. The population of Great Britain turned itself into an army of amateursleuths.,HE MAY BE IN YOUR TOWN!,Poirot, of course, was in the thick of things. The letters sent to him were published andfacsimiled. He was abused wholesale for not having prevented the crimes and defended on theground that he was on the point of naming the murderer.,Reporters incessantly badgered him for interviews.,What M. Poirot Says Today.,Which was usually followed by a half column of imbecilities.,