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Eight,The guests left after lunch. Mrs.?Vanderlyn and Mrs.?Macatta went by train, the Carringtons hadtheir car. Poirot was standing ¹ in the hall as Mrs.?Vanderlyn bade her host a charmingfarewell.,“So terribly sorry for you having this bother and anxiety. I do hope it will turn out all rightfor you. I shan’t breathe a word of anything.”,She pressed his hand and went out to where the Rolls was waiting to take her to the station.,Mrs.?Macatta was already inside. Her adieu had been curt ² and unsympathetic.,Suddenly Leonie, who had been getting in front with the chauffeur ³, came running back intothe hall.,There was a hurried search. At last Lord Mayfield discovered it where it had been put downin the shadow of an old oak chest. Leonie uttered a glad little cry as she seized the elegant affair ofgreen morocco, and hurried out with it.,Then Mrs.?Vanderlyn leaned out of the car.,“Lord Mayfield, Lord Mayfield. ” She handed him a letter. “Would you mind putting this inyour postbag? If I keep it meaning to post it in town, I’m sure to forget. Letters just stay in my bagfor days.
”,Sir George Carrington was fidgeting with his watch, opening and shutting it. He was amaniac for punctuality.,“They’re cutting it fine,” he murmured. “Very fine. Unless they’re careful, they’ll miss thetrain— ”,They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。,He gave me an extremely curt answer.他对我作了极为草率的答复 。