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Английский язык с Агатой Кристи. Убийство в Восточном ЭкспрессеAnd her Christian name, as I said just now, is decidedly suggestive. The other woman is Countess Andrenyi. And at once something strikes us You! Me, then. Her Christian name on her passport is disfigured by a blob of grease. just an accident, anyone would say. But consider that Christian name. Elena. Suppose that, instead of Elena, it were Helena. That capital H could be turned into a capital E and then run over the small e next to it quite easily and then a spot of grease dropped to cover up the alteration. Helena! cried M. Bouc (воскликнул мсье Бук). It is an idea, that (а это мысль). Certainly it is an idea (конечно, это мысль)! I look about for any confirmation, however slight, of my idea (я оглядываюсь /вокруг/ в поисках любого подтверждения, хотя бы самого незначительного, этой моей мысли; slight худощавый, тонкий; слабый, незначительный) and I find it (и я нахожу его). One of the luggage labels on the Countesss baggage is slightly damp (одна из наклеек на чемоданы на багаже графини оказывается слегка влажной) ...» |
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