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11. A CHESS PROBLEM
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Poirot and I often dined at a small restaurant in Soho. We were there one evening, when we observed a friend at an adjacent table. It was Inspector1 Japp, and as there was room at our table, he came and joined us. It was some time since either of us had seen him.
"Never do you stop in to see us nowadays," declared Poirot reproachfully. "Not since the affair of the Yellow Jasmine have we met, and that is nearly a month ago."
"I've been up north—that's why. How are things with you? Big Four still going strong—eh?"
Poirot shook a finger at him reproachfully.
"Ah! you mock yourself at me—but the Big Four—they exist."
"Oh! I don't doubt that—but they're not the hub of the universe, as you make out."
"My friend, you are very much mistaken. The greatest power for evil in the world to-day is this 'Big Four.' To what end they are tending, no one knows, but there has never been another such criminal organisation2. The finest brain in China at the head of it, an American millionaire, and a French woman scientist as members, and for the fourth—"
Japp interrupted.
"I know—I know. Regular bee in your bonnet3 over it all. It's becoming your little mania4, Moosior Poirot. Let's talk of something else for a change. Take any interest in chess?"
"I have played it, yes."
"Did you see that curious business yesterday? Match between two players of world-wide reputation, and one died during the game?"
"I saw a mention of it. Dr. Savaronoff, the Russian champion, was one of the players, and the other, who succumbed5 to heart failure, was the brilliant young American, Gilmour Wilson."
"Quite right. Savaronoff beat Rubenstein and became Russian champion some years ago. Wilson is said to be a second Capablanca."
"A very curious occurrence,"
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foul
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expressive
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grimace
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attentively
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adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神 | |
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constable
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inspection
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n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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incorrigible
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peculiar
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countenance
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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astonishment
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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peremptorily
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adv.紧急地,不容分说地,专横地 | |
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imposing
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adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的 | |
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eyebrows
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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soda
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distinguished
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inadequate
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adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的 | |
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monologue
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pouncing
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v.突然袭击( pounce的现在分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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reposes
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plural
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bishops
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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killing
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mechanism
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perfectly
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accomplice
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abruptly
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discrepancy
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groan
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precisely
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dealing
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