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Chapter 26 After Dinner Speech
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Chapter 26 After Dinner Speech
The next day Poirot left Paris. Jane stayed behind with a list of duties to perform. Most of these seemed singularly meaningless to her, but she carried them out to the best of her powers. She saw Jean Dupont twice. He mentioned the expedition which she was to join, and Jane did not dare to undeceive him without orders from Poirot, so she hedged as best she could and turned the conversation to other matters.
Five days later she was recalled to England by a telegram.
Norman met her at Victoria and they discussed recent events.
Very little publicity1 had been given to the suicide. There had been a paragraph in the papers stating that a Canadian lady, a Mrs Richards, had committed suicide in the Paris-Boulogne express, but that was all. There had been no mention of any connection with the aeroplane murder.
Both Norman and Jane were inclined to be jubilant. Their troubles, they hoped, were at an end. Norman was not so sanguine2 as Jane.
"They may suspect her of doing her mother in, but now that she's taken this way out, they probably won't bother to go on with the case. And unless it is proved publicly, I don't see what good it is going to be to all of us poor devils. From the point of view of the public, we shall remain under suspicion just as much as ever."
He said as much to Poirot, whom he met a few days later in Piccadilly.
Poirot smiled.
"You are like all the rest. You think I am an old man who accomplishes nothing! Listen, you shall come tonight to dine with me. Japp is coming, and also our friend, Mr Clancy. I have some things to say that may be interesting."
The dinner passed off pleasantly. Japp was patronizing and good- humored, Norman was interested, and little Mr Clancy was nearly as thrilled as when he had recognized the fatal thorn.
It seemed clear that Poirot was not above trying to impress the little author.
After dinner, when coffee had been drunk, Poirot cleared his throat in a slightly embarassed manner not free from self-importance.
"My friends," he said, "Mr Clancy here has expressed interest in what he would call 'my methods, Watson,' C'est зa, n'est-ce pas? I propose, if it will not bore you all -"
He paused significantly, and Norman and Japp said quickly, "No, no," and "Most interesting."
"-to give you a little r閟um?of my methods in dealing3 with this case."
He paused and consulted some notes. Japp whispered to Norman:
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n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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dealing
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steward
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wasp
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perfectly
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brilliance
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modesty
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audacity
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dart
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undoubtedly
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jugular
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vein
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adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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stewards
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(轮船、飞机等的)乘务员( steward的名词复数 ); (俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的)管理员; (大型活动的)组织者; (私人家中的)管家 | |
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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outrage
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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retrieve
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vt.重新得到,收回;挽回,补救;检索 | |
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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gale
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compartment
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amiably
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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liking
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simplicity
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orphanage
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n.孤儿院 | |
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apparently
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determined
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irresistible
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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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confide
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blackmailing
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胁迫,尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 ) | |
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outfit
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n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装 | |
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farce
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n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹 | |
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guilt
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n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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chary
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adj.谨慎的,细心的 | |
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artistic
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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overthrow
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accomplice
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n.从犯,帮凶,同谋 | |
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whim
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partnership
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maiden
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n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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pointed
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fructified
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v.结果实( fructify的过去式和过去分词 );使结果实,使多产,使土地肥沃 | |
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危及,损害( jeopardize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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widower
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decided
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linen
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mountebank
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ecstasy
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的过去式 ) | |
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killers
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凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事 | |
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