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Yarrow was a small country station where the village was some distancefrom the railway.
Outside the station a car was waiting. A good-looking young man wasdriving it. He touched his peaked cap to Tuppence, but the gesture seemedhardly natural.
Tuppence kicked the off-side tyre dubiously1.
“Isn’t this rather flat?”
“We haven’t got far to go, madam.”
She nodded and got in.
They drove, not towards the village, but towards the downs. After wind-ing up over a hill, they took a sidetrack that dropped sharply into a deepcleft. From the shadow of a small copse of trees a figure stepped out tomeet them.
The car stopped and Tuppence, getting out, went to meet AnthonyMarsdon.
“Beresford’s all right,” he said quickly. “We located him yesterday. He’sa prisoner—the other side got him—and for good reasons he’s remainingput for another twelve hours. You see, there’s a small boat due in at a cer-tain spot—and we want to catch her badly. That’s why Beresford’s lyinglow—we don’t want to give the show away until the last minute.”
He looked at her anxiously.
“You do understand, don’t you?”
“Oh, yes!” Tuppence was staring at a curious tangled2 mass of canvas ma-terial half-hidden by the trees.
“He’ll be absolutely all right,” continued the young man earnestly.
“Of course Tommy will be all right,” said Tuppence impatiently. “Youneedn’t talk to me as though I were a child of two. We’re both ready to runa few risks. What’s that thing over there?”
“Well—” The young man hesitated. “That’s just it. I’ve been ordered toput a certain proposition before you. But—but well, frankly3, I don’t likedoing it. You see—”
Tuppence treated him to a cold stare.
“Why don’t you like doing it?”
“Well—dash it—you’re Deborah’s mother. And I mean—what wouldDeb say to me if—if—”
“If I got it in the neck?” inquired Tuppence. “Personally, if I were you, Ishouldn’t mention it to her. The man who said explanations were a mis-take was quite right.”
Then she smiled kindly
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dubiously
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adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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nun
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