波洛圣诞探案记27

XVI,Colonel Johnson looked at his watch.,“Nothing much more that I can do here. You’ve got things well in hand, Sugden. Oh, just onething. We ought to see the butler fellow. I know you’ve questioned him, but we know a bit moreabout things now. It’s important to get confirmation ¹ of just where everybody says he was at thetime of the murder.”,Tressilian came in slowly. The chief constable ² told him to sit down.,“Thank you, sir. I will, if you don’t mind. I’ve been feeling very queer—very queer indeed.,My legs, sir, and my head. ”,The butler shuddered ³. “Such — such a violent thing to happen. In this house! Whereeverything has always gone on so quietly.
”,Poirot said:,“It was a well-ordered house, yes? But not a happy one?”,“I wouldn’t like to say that, sir. ”,“In the old days when all the family was at home, it was happy then?
”,We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前 ，我们需要书面确认 。,The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所
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