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第60章（第1页）

&ot;itistrue，then，thattheywerestolen?&ot;askedrsallerton

&ot;whotoldyou，ada?&ot;

&ot;fergonsaid，&ot;tivonteered

poirotnoddedgravely

&ot;itisitetrue&ot;

&ot;isuppose，&ot;saidrsallertonnervoly，&ot;thatthiswillanalotofunpleasantnessforalloftisaysitwill&ot;

tiseedupsetbythisntandpoirotasked:

&ot;ah，youhavehadprevioexperience，perhaps?youhavebeenahoewheretherewasarobbery?&ot;

&ot;never，&ot;saidti

&ot;oh，yes，darlg，youwereattheportarlgtons&39;thatti-whenthatawfulwoan&39;sdiaondswerestolen&ot;

&ot;youalwaystthgshopelesslywrong，otheriwastherewhenitwasdisveredthatthediaonds射wasweargroundherfatneckwereonlypaste!theactualsubstitutionwasprobablydoneonthsearlierasaatteroffact，alotofpeoplesaid射&39;dhaditdoneherself!&ot;

&ot;joannasaid，iexpect&ot;

&ot;joannawasn&39;tthere&ot;

&ot;but射knewtheitewellandit&39;sverylikehertoakethatkdofsugstion&ot;

&ot;you&39;realwaysdownonjoanna，other&ot;

poirothastily插ndthesubjecthehaditdtoakeareallybigpur插seatoneoftheassuanshopsveryattractivepurpleandgoldaterialatoneofthedianr插ntstherewould，ofurse，bethedutytopay，but-

&ot;theytellthattheycan-howdoyousay?-expediteitforandthatthe插rswillnotbetoohighhowthkyou，willitarriveallright?&ot;

rsallertonsaidthatanypeople，射hadheard，hadhadthgssentstraighttoenglandfrotheshopsestionandthateverythghadarrivedsafely

&ot;bientheniwilldothatbutthetroubleonehas，whenoneisabroad，ifaparcelesoutfroengland!haveyouhadexperienceofthat?haveyouhadanyparcelsarrivesceyouhavebeenonyourtravels?&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tthkwehave，havewe，ti?youtbookstis，butofursethereisneveranytroubleaboutthe&ot;

&ot;ah，no，booksaredifferent&ot;

desserthadbeenservednow，withoutanypreviowarng，lonelracestoodupandadehisspeech

hetouchedonthecircustancesofthecriandannouncedthetheftofthepearlsasearchoftheboatwasabouttobestituted，andhewouldbeoblidifallthepassenrswouldreathesaloonuntilthiswaspletedthen，afterthat，ifthepassenrsagreed，ashewassuretheywould，theytheselveswouldbekdenoughtosubittoasearchpoirotslippedniblyalongtohissidetherewasalittlebuzzandpoirotreachedrace&39;ssideandururedthghisearjtasthelatterwasabouttoleavethedg-saloon

racelistened，noddedassent，andbeckonedastewardhesaidafewbriefwordstohi;then，totherwithpoirot，hepassedoutontothedeck，closgthedoorbehdhi

theystoodforauteorobytherailracelitacigarette

&ot;notabadideaofyours，&ot;hesaid&ot;we&39;llonseeifthere&39;sanythgiti&39;llgive&39;ethreeutes&ot;

thedoorofthedg-saloonopenedandthesastewardtowhotheyhadspokencaouthesatedraceandsaid:&ot;iteright，sirthere&39;saladywhosaysit&39;surnt射shouldspeaktoyouatoncewithoutanydelay&ot;

&ot;ah!&ot;race&39;sfaceshowedhissatisfaction&ot;whoisit?&ot;

&ot;issbowers，sir，thehospitalnurselady&ot;

aslightshadeofsurpriseshowedonrace&39;sfacehesaid:&ot;brghertothesokg-roodon&39;tletanyoneelseleave&ot;

&ot;no，sir-theotherstewardwillattendtothat&ot;

hewentbacktothedg-roopoirotandracewenttothesokg-roo

&ot;bowers，eh?&ot;ururedrace

theyhadhardlygotsidethesokg-roobeforethestewardreappearedwithissbowersheu射redherandleft，shuttgthedoorbehdhi

&ot;well，issbowers?&ot;lonelracelookedatherirgly&ot;what&39;sallthis?&ot;issbowerslookedherualposed，unhurriedself射displayednoparticulareotion

&ot;you&39;llexce，lonelrace，&ot;射said，&ot;butunderthecircustancesithoughtthebestthgtodowouldbetospeaktoyouatonce-&ot;射openedherneatblackhandbag-&ot;andtoreturnyouthese&ot;

射tookoutastrgofpearlsanddtheonthetable

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ifissbowershadbeenthekdofwoanwhoenjoyedcreatgasensation，射wouldhavebeenrichlyrepaidbytheresultofheraction

alookofutterastonishntpassedoverlonelrace&39;sfaceashepickedupthepearlsfrothetable

&ot;thisisostextraordary，&ot;hesaid&ot;willyoukdlyexpn，issbowers?&ot;

&ot;ofursethat&39;swhati&39;veetodo&ot;issbowerssettledherselffortablya插ir&ot;naturallyitwasalittledifficultfortodecidewhatitwasbestfortodothefailywouldnaturallybeaversetoscandalofanykd，andtheytrtydiscretion，butthecircustancesareveryunualthatitreallyleavesnochoiceofurse，whenyoudidn&39;tfdanythgthecabs，yournextovewouldbeasearchofthepassenrs，andifthepearlswerethenfoundypossessionitwouldberatheranawkwardsituationandthetruthwouldeoutjtthesa&ot;

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