沉默的证人25
- 24小时月刊
- 2024-11-29
- 10
Twenty-five,I LIE BACK AND REFLECT,No, I thought, as I hurried after Poirot, there was no doubt about it now. Miss Arundell had beenmurdered and Theresa knew it. But was she herself the criminal or was there another explanation?,She was afraid—yes. But was she afraid for herself or for someone else? Could that someone bethe quiet, precise young doctor with the calm,
aloof
1 manner?,Had the old lady died of genuine disease artificially induced?,Up to a point it all fitted in—Donaldson’s ambitions, his belief that Theresa would inheritmoney at her aunt’s death. Even the fact that he had been at dinner there on the evening of theaccident. How easy to leave a convenient window open and return in the dead of night to tie themurderous thread across the staircase. But then, what about the placing of the nail in position?,Yes—it all fitted in.,Yet even now there were loose
strands
3. Why had Theresa
blurted
4 out those facts about inducingliver disease in human beings? It was almost as though she did not realize the truth… But in thatcase—and I felt my mind growing bewildered, and I interrupted my
speculations
5 to ask:,“Where are we going, Poirot? ”,“Back to my flat. It is possible that we may find Mrs. Tanios there.”,My thoughts switched off on a different track.,On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群 。,She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
本文由明日于2024-11-29发表在生活百科-红苹果乐园,如有疑问,请联系我们。
文章摘自:http://hpgly.com/post/20418.html