幽巷谋杀案06

Four,“That young woman’s too cocky by half,” Japp complained.,The two men were once more in Mrs.?Allen’s bedroom. The body had been photographedand removed and the fingerprint ¹ man had done his work and departed.,“It would be unadvisable to treat her as a fool, ” agreed Poirot. “She most emphatically is nota fool. She is, in fact, a particularly clever and competent young woman.
”,“Think she did it?” asked Japp with a momentary ² ray of hope. “She might have, you know.,We’ll have to get her alibi ³ looked into. Some quarrel over this young man—this budding M.P.,“You are right, ” agreed Poirot.,“In any case,
” continued Japp, “she’s holding out on us. Eh? Didn’t you feel that too? Thatyoung woman knows something.”,Poirot nodded thoughtfully.,“Yes, that could be clearly seen. ”,“That’s always a difficulty in these cases,
” Japp complained. “People will hold their tongues—sometimes out of the most honourable ⁶ motives ⁷.”,The court heard evidence from a fingerprint expert.法院听取了指纹专家的证词。,We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you.我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来 。