尼罗河的惨案06

VIt was four o’clock when the dilapidated little two-seater stopped with a sound of crunchinggravel. A girl got out of it—a small slender creature with a mop of dark hair. She ran up the stepsand tugged ¹ at the bell.,A few minutes later she was being ushered ² into the long stately drawing room, and anecclesiastical butler was saying with the proper mournful intonation ³: “Miss de Bellefort.
”,“Linnet!”,“Jackie! ”,Windlesham stood a little aside, watching sympathetically as this fiery ⁴ little creature flungherself open-armed upon Linnet.,“Lord Windlesham—Miss de Bellefort—my best friend.
”,Jacqueline pounced—in a fashion that Linnet remembered as being characteristic of her.,“Windlesham? Windlesham? That’s the man the papers always say you’re going to marry! Areyou, Linnet? Are you?”,Linnet murmured: “Perhaps. ”,“Darling—I’m so glad! He looks nice.
”,“Oh, don’t make up your mind about it—I haven’t made up my own mind yet.”,A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑
。 来自《简明英汉词典》,The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。