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第40章（第1页）

&ot;iagreeonecanprettywellrulethatoutwell，an，it&39;suptoyouthisisyourshow&ot;

poirothadbeenattirghiselfwithaneat-fredcelerityhesaidnow，&ot;iaatyourdisposal&ot;

theonsteppedoutonthedeck

racesaid:&ot;bessnershouldbetherebynowisentthestewardforhi&ot;

therewerefourcabsdexe，withbathroos，ontheboatoftheoontheportsideonewasoupiedbydrbessner，theotherbyandrewpenngtononthestarboardsidethefirstwasoupiedbyissvanschuyler，andtheonenexttoitbyldoyleherhband&39;sdressgcabwasnextdoor

awhite-facedstewardwasstandgoutsidethedoorofldoyle&39;scabheopenedthedoorfortheandtheypassedsidedrbessnerwasbendgoverthebedhelookedupandgruntedastheotheroentered

&ot;whatcanyoutell，doctor，aboutthisbess?&ot;askedrace

bessnerrubbedhisunshavenjawditatively

&ot;ach!射wasshot-shotatclosearterssee-here，jtabovetheear-thatiswherethebulletenteredaverylittlebullet-ishouldsayaenty-othepistol，itwasheldcloseagastherhead;see，thereisblackenghere，theskissrched&ot;

agaasickwaveoforypoirotthoughtofthosewordsutteredatassuanbessnerwenton:&ot;射wasasleep;therewasnostruggle;theurderercreptupthedarkandshotheras射laythere&ot;

&ot;ah!non!&ot;poirotcriedouthissenseofpsychologywasoutradjaceledebellefortcreepgtoadarkenedcab，pistolhand-no，itdidnot&ot;fit，&ot;thatpicture

bessnerstaredathithroughhisthicklenses

&ot;butthatiswhathappened，itellyou&ot;

&ot;yes，yesididnotanwhatyouthoughtiwasnotntradictgyou&ot;

bessnergaveasatisfiedgrunt

poirotcaupandstoodbesidehildoylewaslygonhersideherattitudewasnaturalandpeacefulbutabovetheearwasatyholewithancrtationofdriedbloodroundit

poirotshookhisheadsadly

thenhisgazefellonthewhitepatedwalljtfrontofhiandhedrewhisbreathsharplyitswhiteneatnesswasarredbyabigwavergletterjscrawledbrownish-reddiu

poirotstaredatit，thenheleanedoverthedeadgirlandveryntlypickedupherrighthandonefrofitwasstaedabrownish-red

&ot;nod&39;unnod&39;unno!&ot;ejaculatedherculepoirot

&ot;eh?whatisthat?&ot;

drbessnerlookedup

&ot;ach!that&ot;

racesaid:&ot;well，i&39;danedwhatdoyouakeofthat，poirot?&ot;

poirotswayedalittleonhistoes

&ot;youaskwhatiakeofitehbien，itisverysiple，isitnot?adadoyleisdyg;射wi射stodicateherurderer，and射writeswithherfr，dippedherownblood，theitialletterofherurderer&39;snaoh，yes，itisastonishglysiple&ot;

&ot;ach!but-&ot;

drbessnerwasabouttobreakout，butapereptorysturefroracesilencedhi

&ot;itstrikesyoulikethat?&ot;heaskedslowly

poirotturnedroundonhinoddghishead

&ot;yes，yesitis，asisay，ofanastonishgsiplicity!itisfailiar，isitnot?ithasbeendoneoften，thepasoftheroanceofcri!itisnow，deed，alittlevieuxjeu!itleadsonetospectthatoururdereris-old-fashioned!&ot;

racedrewalongbreath

&ot;isee，&ot;hesaid&ot;ithoughtatfirst-&ot;hesped

poirotsaidwithaveryfatsile:&ot;thatibelievedalltheoldclichésoflodraa?butpardon，drbessner，youwereabouttosay-?&ot;

bessnerbrokeoutgutturally:&ot;whatdoisay?pah!isayitisabsurd;itisthenonsense!thepoorlady射diedstantaneolytodipherfrtheblood（andasyousee，thereishardlyanyblood）andwritetheletterjuponthewall-bah-itisthenonsense-thelodraaticnonsense!&ot;

&ot;cesl&39;enfantilla，&ot;agreedpoirot

&ot;butitwasdonewithapurpose，&ot;sugstedrace

&ot;that-naturally，&ot;agreedpoirot，andhisfacewasgrave

&ot;whatdoesjstandfor?&ot;askedrace

poirotrepliedproptly:&ot;jstandsforjaceledebellefort，ayoungladywhodeclaredtolessthanaweekagothat射wouldlikenothgbetterthanto-&ot;hepaedandthendeliberatelyoted，&ot;&39;toputydearlittlepistolcloseagastherheadandthenjtpresswithyfr&39;&ot;

&ot;gottihil!&ot;excddrbessner

therewasaontarysilencethenracedrewadeepbreathandsaid:

&ot;whichisjtwhatwasdonehere?&ot;

bessnernodded

&ot;thatis，yesitwasapistolofverysallcalibre-asisayprobablyaenty-othebullethasgottobeextracted，ofurse，beforewecansaydefitely&ot;

racenoddedswiftprehensionthenheasked:&ot;whatabouttiofdeath?&ot;

bessnerstrokedhisjawagahisfradearaspgund

&ot;iwouldnotcaretobetoopreciseitisnoweighto&39;clockiwillsay，withdueregardtotheteperaturelastnight，that射hasbeendeadcertalysixhoursandprobablynotlonrthaneight&ot;

&ot;thatputsitbeeenidnightandoa&ot;

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