Убийство на поле для гольфа
12. Poirot Elucidates Certain Points
“Youarequiteright,Hastings.FromthebeginningIhavebeensurethatshewaskeepingsomethingback.AtfirstIsuspectedher,ifnotofinspiring,atleastofconnivingatthecrime.”
“Yoususpectedher?”Icried.
“Butcertainly!Shebenefitsenormously—infact,bythisnewwill,sheistheonlypersontobenefit.So,fromthestart,shewassingledoutforattention.YoumayhavenoticedthatItookanearlyopportunityofexaminingherwrists.Iwishedtoseewhethertherewasanypossibilitythatshehadgaggedandboundherself.Ehbien,Isawatoncethattherewasnofake,thecordshadactuallybeendrawnsotightastocutintotheflesh.Thatruledoutthepossibilityofherhavingcommittedthecrimesingle-handed.Butitwasstillpossibleforhertohaveconnivedatit,ortohavebeentheinstigatorwithanaccomplice.Moreover,thestory,asshetoldit,wassingularlyfamiliartome—themaskedmenthatshecouldnotrecognize,thementionof‘thesecret’—Ihadheard,orread,allthesethingsbefore.Anotherlittledetailconfirmedmybeliefthatshewasnotspeakingthetruth.Thewristwatch,Hastings,thewristwatch!”
Againthatwristwatch!Poirotwaseyeingmecuriously.
“Yousee,monami?Youcomprehend?”
“No,”Irepliedwithsomeillhumour.“Ineitherseenorcomprehend.Youmakealltheseconfoundedmysteries,andit’suselessaskingyoutoexplain.Youalwayslikekeepingeverythingupyoursleevetothelastminute.”
“Donotenrageyourself,myfriend,”saidPoirotwithasmile.“Iwillexplainifyouwish.
