Убийство Роджера Экройда
Inspector Raglan is Confident
That’swhatIalwayssay–method!""Ah!"criedtheother."That,too,ismywatchword.Method,order,andthelittlegreycells.""Thecells?"saidtheinspector,staring.
"Thelittlegreycellsofthebrain,"explainedtheBelgian.
"Oh,ofcourse;well,weallusethem,Isuppose.""Inagreaterorlesserdegree,"murmuredPoirot."Andthereare,too,differencesinquality.Thenthereisthepsychologyofacrime.Onemuststudythat.""Ah!"saidtheinspector,"you’vebeenbittenwithallthispsycho-analysisstuff?Now,I’maplainman-""Mrs.Raglanwouldnotagree,Iamsure,tothat,"saidPoirot,makinghimalittlebow.
InspectorRaglan,alittletakenaback,bowed.
"Youdon’tunderstand,"hesaid,grinningbroadly."Lord,whatalotofdifferencelanguagemakes.I’mtellingyouhowIsettowork.Firstofall,method.Mr.Ackroydwaslastseenaliveataquartertotenbyhisniece.MissFloraAckroyd.That’sfactnumberone,isn’tit?""Ifyousayso.""Well,itis.Athalf-pastten,thedoctorheresaysthatMr.Ackroydhadbeendeadatleasthalfanhour.Yousticktothat,doctor?""Certainly,"Isaid."Halfanhourorlonger.""Verygood.Thatgivesusexactlyaquarterofanhourinwhichthecrimemusthavebeencommitted.Imakealistofeveryoneinthehouse,andworkthroughit,settingdownoppositetheirnameswheretheywereandwhattheyweredoingbetweenthehourof9.45and10p.m."HehandedasheetofpapertoPoirot.
