不可思议的窃贼06

Six,“If there’s been a burglary, why the devil doesn’t old Mayfield send for the police?” demandedReggie Carrington.,He pushed his chair slightly back from the breakfast table.,He was the last down. His host, Mrs.?Macatta and Sir George had finished their breakfastssome time before. His mother and Mrs.?Vanderlyn were breakfasting in bed.,Sir George, repeating his statement on the lines agreed upon between Lord Mayfield andHercule Poirot, had a feeling that he was not managing it as well as he might have done.,“To send for a queer foreigner like this seems very odd to me, ” said Reggie. “What has beentaken, Father?
”,Reggie got up. He looked rather nervy and on edge this morning.,“Nothing—important? No—papers or anything like that?”,“To tell you the truth, Reggie, I can’t tell you exactly. ”,“Very hush-hush, is it? I see.
”,Reggie ran up the stairs, paused for a moment halfway ¹ with a frown on his face, and thencontinued his ascent ² and tapped on his mother’s door. Her voice bade him enter.,In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上 ，最忌讳的是有始无终 。,His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊
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