沉默的证人17

Seventeen,DR. TANIOS,I must say that my first sight of Dr. Tanios was rather a shock. I had been imbuing ¹ him in mymind with all sorts of sinister ² attributes. I had been picturing to myself a dark-bearded foreignerwith a swarthy aspect and a sinister cast of countenance ³.,Instead, I saw a rotund, jolly, brown-haired, brown-eyed man. And though it is true he had abeard, it was a modest brown affair that made him look more like an artist.,He spoke ⁴ English perfectly ⁵. His voice had a pleasant timbre ⁶ and matched the cheerful goodhumour of his face.,“Here we are,” he said, smiling to his wife. “Edward has been passionately ⁷ thrilled by his firstride in the tube. He has always been in buses until today. ”,The presence of her husband seemed to make Mrs. Tanios nervous. Stammering ⁸ a little sheintroduced Poirot to him. Me, she ignored.,Dr. Tanios took up the name sharply.,“Poirot? Monsieur Hercule Poirot? But I know that name well! And what brings you to us, M.,Poirot?
”,“It is the affair of a lady lately deceased. Miss Emily Arundell,” replied Poirot.,There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋 。