波洛圣诞探案记23

XII,David Lee had himself well in hand. His demeanour was calm—almost unnaturally ¹ so. He cameup to them, drew a chair forward and sat down, looking with grave interrogation at ColonelJohnson.,The electric light touched the fair peak of hair that grew on his forehead and showed up thesensitive modelling of the cheek bones. He looked absurdly young to be the son of that shrivelledold man who lay dead upstairs.,“Yes, gentlemen, ” he said, “what can I tell you?
”,Colonel Johnson said:,“I understand, Mr. Lee, that there was a kind of family meeting held in your father’s roomthis afternoon?”,“What took place there? ”,David Lee answered calmly:,“My father was in a difficult mood. He was an old man and an invalid ², of course, one had tomake allowances for him. He seemed to have assembled us there in order to—well—vent his spiteupon us.”,“Can you remember what he said?
”,David said quietly:,Her eyes were unnaturally bright. 她的眼睛亮得不自然 。 来自《简明英汉词典》,He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人
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