Убийство Роджера Экройда
An Evening at Mah Jong
""Nonsense,"saidCaroline,asshesortedherhand."Youmustknowsomethinginteresting."Ididnotanswerforamoment.Iwasoverwhelmedandintoxicated.IhadreadoftherebeingsuchathingasThePerfectWinning–goingMahJongonone’soriginalhand.Ihadneverhopedtoholdthehandmyself.
WithsuppressedtriumphIlaidmyhandfaceupwardsonthetable.
"AstheysayintheShanghaiClub,"Iremarked"Tin-ho–thePerfectWinning!"Thecolonel’seyesnearlybulgedoutofhishead.
"Uponmysoul,"hesaid."whatanextraordinarything.Ineversawthathappenbefore!"ItwasthenthatIwenton,goadedbyCaroline’sgibes,andrenderedrecklessbymytriumph.
"Andastoanythinginteresting,"Isaid."Whataboutagoldweddingringwithadateand"FromR."inside."Ipassoverthescenethatfollowed.Iwasmadetosayexactlywherethistreasurewasfound.Iwasmadetorevealthedate.
"March13th,"saidCaroline."Justsixmonthsago.Ah!"Outofababelofexcitedsuggestionsandsuppositionsthreetheorieswereevolved:1.ThatofColonelCarter:thatRalphwassecretlyharriedtoFlora.Thefirstormostsimplesolution.
2.ThatofMissGannett:thatRogerAckroydhadbeensecretlymarriedtoMrs.Ferrars.
3.Thatofmysister:thatRogerAckroydhadmarriedhishousekeeper,MissRussell.
Afourthorsuper-theorywaspropoundedbyCarolinelateraswewentuptobed
