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Chapter 22 帕波波鲁斯的早点(M. Papapolous Breakfasts)
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Chapter 22 M. PAPOPOULOS AT BREAKFAST
M. Papopolous was at breakfast. Opposite him sat his daughter, Zia.
There was a knock at the sitting-room1 door, and a chasseur entered with a card which he brought to Mr Papopolous. The latter scrutinized2 it, raised his eyebrows3, and passed it over to his daughter.
"Ah!" said M. Papopolous, scratching his left ear thoughtfully,
"Hercule Poirot. I wonder now."
Father and daughter looked at each other.
"I saw him yesterday at the tennis," said M. Papopolous. "Zia, I hardly like this."
"He was very useful to you once," his daughter reminded him.
"That is true," acknowledged M. Papopolous, "also he has retired4 from active work, so I hear."
These interchanges between father and daughter had passed in their own language. Now M. Papopolous turned to the chasseur and said in French:
"Faites monter ce monsieur."
A few minutes later Hercule Poirot, exquisitely5 attired6, and swinging a cane7 with a jaunty8 air, entered the room.
"My dear M. Papopolous."
"My dear M. Poirot."
"And Mademoiselle Zia." Poirot swept her a low bow.
"You will excuse us going on with our breakfast," said M. Papopolous, pouring himself out another cup of coffee. "Your call is - ahem! - a little early."
"It is scandalous," said Poirot, "but see you, I am pressed."
"Ah!" murmured M. Papopolous, "you are on an affair then?"
"A very serious affair," said Poirot, "the death of Madame Kettering."
"Let me see," M. Papopolous looked innocently up at the ceiling,
"that was the lady who died on the Blue Train, was it not? I saw a mention of it in the papers, but there's no suggestion of
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1 sitting-room | |
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10 dealer | |
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23 ironical | |
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