幽巷谋杀案04

Two,At the foot of the narrow flight of stairs a door gave admission to a large-sized living room—actually the converted stable. In this room, the walls of which were finished in a roughened plastereffect and on which hung etchings and woodcuts, two people were sitting.,One, in a chair near the fireplace, her hand stretched out to the blaze, was a dark efficient-looking young woman of twenty-seven or eight. The other, an elderly woman of ampleproportions who carried a string bag, was panting and talking when the two men entered the room.,“—and as I said, Miss, such a turn it gave me I nearly dropped down where I stood. And tothink that this morning of all mornings—”,The other cut her short.,“That will do, Mrs.?Pierce. These gentlemen are police officers, I think. ”,The girl nodded.,“That is my name. This is Mrs.?Pierce who comes in to work for us every day.”,The irrepressible Mrs.?Pierce broke out again.,“And as I was saying to Miss?Plenderleith, to think that this morning of all mornings, mysister’s Louisa Maud should have been took with a fit and me the only one handy and as I say fleshand blood is flesh and blood, and I didn’t think Mrs.?Allen would mind, though I never likes todisappoint my ladies—
”,Japp broke in with some dexterity ¹.,I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧 ，我不如你 。,The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。