沉默的证人15

Fifteen,MISS LAWSON,“Poirot, ” I said. “Have we got to listen at doors?”,“Calm yourself, my friend. It was only I who listened! It was not you who put your ear to thecrack. On the contrary, you stood bolt upright like a soldier.
”,“But I heard just the same.”,“True. Mademoiselle was hardly whispering. ”,“Yes, we practised a little deception ¹ there.
”,“I don’t like that sort of thing.”,“Your moral attitude is irreproachable ²! But let us not repeat ourselves. This conversation hasoccurred on previous occasions. You are about to say that it is not playing the game. And my replyis that murder is not a game. ”,“But there is no question of murder here.
”,“Do not be sure of that.”,He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。,It emerged that his past behavior was far from irreproachable.事实表明，他过去的行为绝非无可非议 。