her very much. - Was Leslie your wife? - I loved her and I was proud of her. That’s why... I did it. You mean… It’s not much good denying it now not when we’re all going to die. I sent Richmond to his death. It was murder. I had no regrets. - But afterwards… - Well, afterwards? Afterwards… I don’t know if Leslie ever guessed… But she’d gone far away where I couldn’t reach her. And then she died and I was alone. You’ll be glad, too, when the end comes. I don’t know what you mean! I know, my child, I know. Let's search the house, and then the island once more thoroughly. But this time you will be the one to go down. Quiet - listen. - Is this Rogers' bedroom? - But that's where Mrs. Rogers' body is. Of course! Best hiding place he could have chosen! I’m sorry, gentlemen. I was just moving my things. I take it there will be no objection... if I take one of the vacant guest chambers on the floor below? The smallest room. - Of course... Of course... - Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Sorry. I’d like to know what drug it was. Let’s get finished. I feel it in my bones we’re not going to find anything. Doctor, you did give her some dope, you know. Dope? You said yourself you’d give her something to make her sleep. I gave her a mild dose of trional. A harmless sedative. - A perfectly harmless preparation. - Not to mince matters – you didn’t give her an overdose, did you? It’s possible, isn’t it, that you may have made a mistake? Doctors can’t afford to make mistakes of that kind, It wouldn’t be the first you’ve made if that gramophone record is to be believed! What's the sense of making yourself offensive? We're all in the same boat. We've got to pull together. What about your own pretty little spot of perjury? Perjury be damned! That’s a foul lie! You may try and shut me up, Mr. Lombard, but there are things I need to know and one of them is about you! - About me? Yes. I want to know why you brought a gun down here on a pleasant social visit? - You’re not nearly such a fool as you look. - That’s as may be. What about that gun? I brought it because I expected to run into a spot of trouble. You didn’t tell us that last night. You were holding out on us? - In a way, yes. - Well, come on, out with it. I was approached by a little Jewboy - Morris his name was. He said I’d got a reputation for being a good man in a tight place. He offered me a hundred guineas to come down here and keep my eyes open. I was hard up. I took it. Why didn’t you tell us all this last night? How was I to know that last night wasn’t exactly the eventuality I was here to cope with? - But now - you think differently? - Yes. I believe now that I’m in the same boat as the rest of you. That hundred guineas was just Mr. Owen’s little bit of cheese to get me into the trap. - Quiet. - This is a trap. I'll take my oath on that. Quiet. Someone is screaming. Gentlemen! Come here! Hurry! Gentlemen, gentlemen. General Macarthur... - What? He's murdered? - He's dead. One, two, three, four, five… Oh, Miss, I… I just came to see… You’re quite right, Rogers... There are only seven. Agatha Christie TEN LITTLE INDIANS Part Two Macarthur was hit with a life preserver or some such thing on the back of the head. - Did you find the actual weapon used? - No. This morning I was sitting on the terrace and observing your activities. You were searching the island for the unknown murderer? Quite right, sir. You had come, doubtless, to the same conclusion that I had. Now you understand why Mr. Owen enticed us to this island? He's a madman! A loony! - There's no one on the island, - I tell you. No one! - In the sense you mean, but no. I came to the same conclusion. Nevertheless, Mr. Owen, to give him the name he himself has adopted, is on the island. His goal is the execution of justice upon certain individuals for crimes which the law cannot ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Дети Солнца на английском - текст Этой ночи жена на английском - текст Хорошие парни носят чёрное на английском - текст Мы - не ангелы на английском - текст Железный орёл на английском |