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1、THEMOVINGFINGERAGATHACHRISTIEBANTAMBOOKSTORONTO·NEWYORK·LONDON'SYDNEYTHEMOVINGFINGERABantamBookIpublishedby,arrangementwithDodd,MeadtvCompanyAgathaChristieHardcoverCollection/October1983Allrightsreserved.Copyright1942byAgathaChristieMallowan,Copyright©renewed1970byAgathaChri
2、stieMallowan.EndpapersdesignedbyPeggySkycraft.BookdesignbyBarbaraN.Cohen.Thisbookmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpart,bymimeographoranyothermeans,withoutpermission.Forinformationaddress:Dodd,Mead&Company,Inc.79MadisonAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10016.ISBN0553350099Publishedsimultaneousl
3、yintheUnitedStatesandCanadaBantamBooksarepublishedbyBantamBooks,Inc.]tstrademark,consistingofthewords"BantamBooks"andtheportrayalofarooster,isRegisteredinU.S.PatentandTrademarkOfficeandinothercountries.MarcaRegistrada.BantamBooks,Inc.,666FifthAvenue,NewYork,NewYork10103.PRIN
4、TEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA098765432THEMOVINGFINGERCHAPTERIIhaveoftenrecalledthemorningwhenthefirstoftheanonymousletterscame.ItarrivedatbreakfastandIturneditoverintheidlewayonedoeswhentimegoesslowlyandeveryeventmustbespunouttoitsfullextent.Itwas,Isaw,alocalletterwithatypew
5、rittenaddress.IopeneditbeforethetwowithLondonpostmarks,sinceoneofthemwasclearlyabill,andontheotherIrecognizedthehandwritingofoneofmymoretire-somecousins.Itseemsodd,now,torememberthatJoannaandIweremoreamusedbytheletterthananythingelse.Wehadn't,then,thefaintestinklingofwhatwas
6、tocome--thetrailofbloodandviolenceandsuspicionandfear.Onesimplydidn'tassociatethatsortofthingwithLymstock.IseethatIhavebegunbadly.Ihaven'texplainedLymstock.WhenItookabadcrashflying,Iwasafraidforalongtime,AGATHACHRISTIEinspiteofsoothingwordsfromdoctorsandnurses,thatIwasgoingt
7、obecondemnedtolieonmybackallmylife.ThenatlasttheytookmeoutoftheplasterandIlearnedcautiouslytousemylimbs,andfinallyMarcusKent,mydoctor,clappedmeonmybackandtoldmethat-everythingwasgoingtobeallright,butthatI'dgottogoandliveinthecountryandleadthelifeofavegetableforatleastsixmont
8、hs."Gotosomepartoftheworldwhereyouhaven'tanyfriends.Getrightawayfromthings.
