ABC谋杀案 22

Twenty-one,DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER,It was at this moment, I think, that what Poirot called the human element began to fade out of thepicture again. It was as though, the mind being unable to stand unadulterated horror, we had hadan interval of normal human interests.,We had, one and all, felt the impossibility of doing anything until the fourth letter should comerevealing the projected scene of the D murder. That atmosphere of waiting had brought a releaseof tension.,But now, with the printed words jeering from the white stiff paper, the hunt was up once more.,Inspector Crome had come round from the Yard, and while he was still there, Franklin Clarkeand Megan Barnard came in.,“I wanted to ask Mr. Clarke something. ”,She seemed rather anxious to excuse and explain her procedure. I just noted the fact withoutattaching much importance to it.,The letter naturally filled my mind to the exclusion of all else.,Crome was not, I think, any too pleased to see the various participants in the drama. He becameextremely official and noncommittal.,“I’ll take this with me, M. Poirot. If you care to take a copy of it—
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