Убийство Роджера Экройда
Flora Ackroyd
"BlunthadshownseveralsignsofrestlessnesswhilstPoirotwasspeaking,buttheclosingwordsseemedtorivethisattention.
"Whatd’youmeanbythat?"hesaidsharply.
"YouthinkthatshelovestheCapitaineRalphPaton–butI,HerculePoirot,tellyouthatthatisnotso.MademoiselleFloraacceptedCaptainPatontopleaseheruncle,andbecauseshesawinthemarriageawayofescapefromherlifeherewhichwasbecomingfranklyinsupportabletoher.Shelikedhim,andtherewasmuchsympathyandunderstandingbetweenthem.
Butlove–no!ItisnotCaptainPatonMademoiselleFloraloves.""Whatthedevildoyoumean?"askedBlunt.
Isawthedarkflushunderhistan.
"Youhavebeenblind,monsieur.Blind!Sheisloyal,thelittleone.RalphPatonisunderacloud,sheisboundinhonourtostickbyhim."IfeltitwastimeIputinawordtohelponthegoodwork.
"Mysistertoldmetheothernight,"Isaidencouragingly,"thatFlorahadnevercaredapennypieceforRalphPaton,andneverwould.Mysisterisalwaysrightaboutthesethings."Bluntignoredmywell-meantoffers.HespoketoPoirot.
"D’youreallythink-"hebegan,andstopped.
Heisoneofthoseinarticulatemenwhofindithardtoputthingsintowords.
Poirotknowsnosuchdisability.
"Ifyoudoubtme,askheryourself,monsieur
