"BecauseIhappenedtomeethimthismorning.I'veknownhimslightlyonandoffforsomeyears, andthismorningIranacrosshiminthestreet.StayingattheMétropole, hetoldme." HeturnedtoJulius."Didn'thetellyouhewascominguptotown?"
Juliusshookhishead.
"Curious," musedSirJames."Youdidnotmentionhisnamethisafternoon, orIwouldhavesuggestedyourgoingtohimforfurtherinformationwithmycardasintroduction."
"IguessI'mamutt," saidJuliuswithunusualhumility."Ioughttohavethoughtofthefalsenamestunt."
"Howcouldyouthinkofanythingafterfallingoutofthattree?" criedTuppence."I'msureanyoneelsewouldhavebeenkilledrightoff."
"Well, Iguessitdoesn'tmatternow, anyway," saidJulius."We', andthat'sallweneed."
"Yes," saidTuppence, buttherewasalackofassuranceinhervoice.
,.
"Ican''ssomewhereintheflat! Icafeelhim."
"Sure, Tuppence, howcouldhebe? Thisdoor'."
"Ican''shere!"
ShelookedappealinglyatSirJames, whorepliedgravely:
"Withduedeferencetoyourfeelings, MissTuppence(andmineaswellforthatmatter), Idonotseehowitishumanlypossibleforanyonetobeintheflatwithoutourknowledge."
Thegirlwasalittlecomfortedbyhiswords.
"Sittingupatnightisalwaysratherjumpy," sheconfessed.
"Yes," saidSirJames."Weareintheconditionofpeopleholdingaséance.Perhapsifamediumwerepresentwemightgetsomemarvellousresults."
"Doyoubelieveinspiritualism?" askedTuppence,openinghereyeswide.
Thelawyershruggedhisshoulders.
"Thereissometruthinit, ."
, , whatfewLondonerssee, , withthecomingofthelight, 'sspiritsrevivedtothenormal.
"Hooray!" shesaid."It''tbemadeaDame!"
哦豁，小伙伴们如果觉得倾城文选不错，记得收藏网址 或推荐给朋友哦~拜托啦 (>.<)
传送门：