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1、MrsMcGintywasdead.Shewashitonthebackoftheheadwithsomesharp,heavyimplementandherpitifullysmallsavingsweretaken.Herlodgerwashardupandhadlosthisjob;hiscoatsleevehadbloodonit.Induecoursehewasarrestedandtried,foundguiltyandcondemnedtodeath.YetSuperintendentSpenceoftheKilchesterpolice,whohadbeenin
2、strumentalinbringingaboutJamesBentley'sconviction,didnotbelievethemanwasguilty-fornotangiblereasonotherthanthathedidnotthinkBentleytobethetype.RathershamefacedlyhetookhisproblemtohisoldfriendHerculePoirot;andPoirotdidnotlaugh-instead,hesaidhewouldhelp.IfMrsMcGintywasnotkilledbyBentleyforhers
3、avings,whydidshedie?Shewas,itseemed,justanordinarycharwoman,withnosecretsandnocovetedpossessions;shemindedherownbusinessandnobodyelse's.Impossible,onewouldthink,togetalead;but'Somewhere;saidPoirottohimself,indulginginanabsoluteriotofmixedmetaphor,'thereisinthehayaneedle,andamongthesleepingdo
4、gsthereisoneonwhomIshallputmyfoot,andbyshootingthearrowsintotheair,onewillcomedownandhitaglasshouse!'TheinimitablePoirot,withhisslightlycomicalaspect,his'littlegreycells'andhisgenuinelywarmheart,returnsinaningeniousdetectivenovelthatonceagaineamsforAgathaChristiethejustifiableepithetof'incom
5、parable'.MRSMcGINTY'SDEADMrsMcGintywasdead.Shewashitonthebackoftheheadwithsomesharp,heavy'implementandherpitifullysmallsavingsweretaken.Herlodgerwashardupandhadlosthisjob;hiscoatsleevehadbloodonit.Induecoursehewasarrestedandtried,foundguiltyandcondemnedtodeath.YetSuperintendentSpenceoftheKil
6、chesterpolice,whohadbeeninstrumentalinbringingaboutJamesBentley'sconviction,didnotbelievethemanwasguilty-fornotangiblereasonotherthanthathedidnotthinkBentleytobethetype.RathershamefacedlyhetookhisproblemtohisoldfriendHerculePoirot;andPoirotdidnotlaugh-instead,hesaidhewouldhelp.IfMrsMcGintywa
7、snotkilledbyBentleyforhersavings,whydidshedie?Shewas,itseemed,justanordinarycharwoman,withnosecretsandnocovetedpossessions;shemindedherownbusinessandnobodyelse's.Impossible,onewouldthink,togetalead;but'Somewhere,'saidPoirottohimself,indulginginanab
