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Twenty-four,THERESA’S DENIAL,We found Theresa Arundell just preparing to go out.,She was looking extraordinarily ¹ attractive. A small hat of the most outrageous ² fashiondescended rakishly over one eye. I recognized with momentary ³ amusement that Bella Tanios hadworn a cheap imitation of such a hat yesterday and had worn it—as George had put it—on theback of the head instead of over the right eye. I remembered well how she had pushed it fartherand farther back on her untidy hair.,Poirot said, politely:,“Can I have just a minute or two, mademoiselle, or will it delay you too much? ”,“Oh, it doesn’t matter. I’m always three-quarters of an hour late for everything. I might just aswell make it an hour.
”,She led him into the sitting room. To my surprise Dr. Donaldson rose from a chair by thewindow.,“You’ve met M. Poirot already, Rex, haven’t you?”,“We met at Market Basing, ” said Donaldson, stiffly.,“You were pretending to write the life of my drunken grandfather, I understand,” said Theresa.,The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。,Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人 。