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Twenty-Five,Mr. Pennington was shocked. Mr. Pennington could hardly believe it.,“Why, gentlemen,” he said, “this is a very serious matter. Very serious indeed. ”,“Extremely serious for you, Mr. Pennington.
”,“For me?” Pennington’s eyebrows ¹ rose in startled surprise. “But, my dear sir, I was sittingquietly writing in here when that shot was fired. ”,“You have, perhaps, a witness to prove that?”,“Why, no—I wouldn’t say that. But it’s clearly impossible that I should have gone to the deckabove, shot this poor woman (and why should I shoot her anyway?) and come down again with noone seeing me. There are always plenty of people on the deck lounge this time of day.
”,“How do you account for your pistol being used?”,“Well — I’m afraid I may be to blame there. Quite soon after getting aboard there was aconversation in the saloon one evening, I remember, about firearms, and I mentioned then that Ialways carried a revolver with me when I travel. ”,“Who was there?
”,“Well, I can’t remember exactly. Most people, I think. Quite a crowd, anyway.”,His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。,He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车 。