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Chapter 6
Simon and Linnet Doyle set off on their expedition to Philae about eleven o'clock the following
morning. Jacqueline de Bellefort, sitting on the hotel balcony, watched them set off in the
picturesque1 sailing boat. What she did not see was the departure of a car - laden2 with luggage, and
in which sat a demure-looking maid - from the front door of the hotel. It turned to the right in the
direction of Shellвl. Hercule Poirot decided3 to pass the remaining two hours before lunch on the
island of Elephantine, immediately opposite the hotel.
He went down to the landing stage. There were two men just stepping into one of the hotel boats,
and Poirot joined them. The men were obviously strangers to each other. The younger of them had
arrived by train the day before. He was a tall, dark-haired young man, with a thin face and a
pugnacious4 chin. He was wearing an extremely dirty pair of grey flannel5 trousers and a high-
necked polo jumper singularly unsuited to the climate. The other was a slightly podgy middle-aged6
man who lost no time in entering into conversation with Poirot in idiomatic7 but slightly broken
English. Far from taking part in the conversation, the younger man merely scowled9 at them both
and then deliberately11 turned his back on them and proceeded to admire the agility12 with which the
Nubian boatman steered
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| 怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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inscription
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intervals
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leech
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chestnut
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contingency
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motives
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motive
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shortcut
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subtlety
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monarchy
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solely
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spoke
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lighter
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noisome
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briefly
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masonry
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toiled
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torrent
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venom
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tirade
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ironical
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meticulous
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assortment
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compartment
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remains
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assorted
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reptilian
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compassion
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