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II,To him there came Superintendent ¹ Sugden. The police superintendent looked gloomy. He said:,“Good morning, Mr. Poirot. Doesn’t seem quite the right thing to say Merry Christmas, doesit? ”,“Mon cher collègue, I certainly do not observe any traces of merriment on your countenance ².,If you had said Merry Christmas I should not have replied ‘Many of them!’ 
”,“I don’t want another one like this one, and that’s a fact,” said Sugden.,“I’ve checked up on a good many points. Horbury’s alibi ³ is holding water all right. Thecommissionaire at the cinema saw him go in with the girl, and saw him come out with her at theend of the performance, and seems pretty positive he didn’t leave, and couldn’t have left andreturned during the performance. The girl swears quite definitely he was with her in the cinema allthe time. ”,Poirot’s eyebrows ⁴ rose.,“I hardly see, then, what more there is to say.
”,The cynical ⁵ Sugden said:,“Well, one never knows with girls! Lie themselves black in the face for the sake of a man.”,He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话 。,At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了
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