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Eighteen,“A NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE ”,We had lunch at a small restaurant not far away. I was eager to learn what he made of the variousmembers of the Arundell family.,“Well, Poirot?
” I asked impatiently.,With a look of reproof ¹ Poirot turned his whole attention to the menu. When he had ordered heleaned back in his chair, broke his roll of bread in half and said with a slightly mocking intonation ²:,“Well, Hastings?”,Poirot replied slowly.,“Ma foi, I think they are an interesting lot! Really, this case is an enchanting ³ study! It is, how doyou say, the box of surprises? Look how each time I say, ‘I got a letter from Miss Arundell beforeshe died,’ something crops up. From Miss Lawson I learn about the missing money. Mrs. Taniossays at once, ‘About my husband?’ Why about her husband? Why should Miss Arundell write tome, Hercule Poirot, about Dr. Tanios? ”,“That woman has something on her mind,
” I said.,“Yes, she knows something. But what? Miss Peabody tells us that Charles Arundell wouldmurder his grandmother for twopence, Miss Lawson says that Mrs. Tanios would murder anyoneif her husband told her to do so. Dr. Tanios says that Charles and Theresa are rotten to the core,and he hints that their mother was a murderess and says apparently ⁴ carelessly that Theresa iscapable of murdering anyone in cold blood.,“They have a pretty opinion of each other, all these people! Dr. Tanios thinks, or says he thinks,that there was undue ⁵ influence. His wife, before he came in, evidently did not think so. She doesnot want to contest the will at first. Later she veers ⁶ round. See you, Hastings—it is a pot that boilsand seethes ⁷ and every now and then a significant fact comes to the surface and can be seen. Thereis something in the depths there—yes, there is something! I swear it, by my faith as Hercule Poirot,I swear it!”,He is impatient of reproof.他不能忍受指责 。,The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调
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