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1、THEDAUGHTEROFTIME'I'mfeelinglikeapoliceman.I'mthinkinglikeapoliceman.I'maskingmyselfthequestionthateverypolicemanasksineverycaseofmurder:Whobenefits?AndforthefirsttimeitoccurstomethattheglibtheorythatRichardgotridoftheboystomakehimselfsageronthethroneissomuchnonsense.Supposinghehadgotridoftheb
2、oys.Therewerestilltheboys'fivesistersbetweenhimandthethrone.TosaynothingofGeorge'stwo:theboyandthegirl.George'ssonanddaughterwerebarredbytheirfather'sattainder;butItakeitthatanattaindercanbereversed,orannulled,orsomething.IfRichard'sclaimwasshaky,allthoselivesstoodbetweenhimandsafety,''Anddidt
3、heyallsurvivehim?''Idon'tknow.ButIshallmakeitmybusinesstofindout.'PENGUINCRIMEPICTIONEditor:JulianSymonsTHEDAUGHTEROFTIMETheauthorof'TheDaughterofTime,whosedeathCutshortadistinguishedcareerasnovelistandplaywright,wasbornintheHighlands,herbaptismalnamebeingElizabethMacKintosh.Destinedforartscho
4、olshepreferredtodevotethreeyearstophysicaltraining,havingnointentiontomakewritingherprofession.Herversatility,however,ledtothecreationoftworemarkableliterarypersonalities-GordonDaviot,andJosephineTey,detectivenovelist.AsplaywrightshewillberememberedbymanyastheauthorofRichardofBordeaux,QueenofS
5、cots,TheLaughingWoman,andmanyotherplays.Herfirstdetectivenovel,TheManintheQueue,publishedunderthenameofGordonDaviot,waswrittenforacompetition;forhersecond,AShillingforCandles,shetookthefamilyname,JosephineTey.Thenfollowedhalfadozencrimestoriesinquicksuccession,beginningwithMissPymDisposes(inwh
6、ichherknowledgeofphysicaltrainingwasturnedtoeffectiveaccount),followedbyTheFranchiseAffair,(nowinPenguinsandasuccessbothasnovelandfilm),BratFarrar,ToLoveandBeWise,andTheSingingSands(tobepublishedinPenguins).TheDaughterofTime,becauseofitsseriouscontributiontohistoricalknowledge,isrecognizedasho
7、ldingauniqueplaceindetectivefiction.JosephineTeyTHEDAUGHTEROFTIME1'TruthisthedaughterofTime'OldProverb世系图IGrantlayonhishighwhitecotandstaredattheceiling.Staredatitwithloathing.Heknewbyhearteverylastminutecrackonitsnicecleansurface.Hehad
