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1、ACaribbeanMysteryBookJacketNoneAgathaChristieACaribbeanMysteryTomyoldfriend,JOHNCRUIKSHANKROSE,withhappymemoriesofmyvisittotheWestIndies.1MAJORPALGRAVETELLSASTORY"TAKEallthisbusinessaboutKenya,"saidMajorPalgrave."Lotsofchapsgabbingawaywhoknownothingabouttheplace!NowIspentf
2、ourteenyearsofmylifethere.Someofthebestyearsofmylife,too."OldMissMarpleinclinedherhead.Itwasagentlegestureofcourtesy.WhilstMajorPalgraveproceededwiththesomewhatuninterestingrecollectionsofalifetime,MissMarplepeacefullypursuedherownthoughts.Itwasaroutinewithwhichshewaswella
3、cquainted.Thelocalevaried.Inthepast,ithadbeenpredominantlyIndia.Majors,Colonels,Lieutenant-Generals—andafamiliarseriesofwords:Simla.Bearers.Tigers.ChotaHazri—Tiffin.Khitmagars,andsoon.WithMajorPalgravethetermswereslightlydifferent.Safari.Kikuyu.Elephants.Swahili.Butthepatt
4、ernwasessentiallythesame.Anelderlymanwhoneededalistenersothathecould,inmemory,relivedaysinwhichhehadbeenhappy.Dayswhenhisbackhadbeenstraight,hiseyesightkeen,hishearingacute.Someofthesetalkershadbeenhandsomesoldierlyoldboys,someagainhadbeenregrettablyunattractive,andMajorPa
5、lgrave,purpleofface,withaglasseye,andthegeneralappearanceofastuffedfrog,belongedinthelattercategory.MissMarplehadbestowedonallofthemthesamegentlecharity.Shehadsatattentively,incliningherheadfromtimetotimeingentleagreement,thinkingherownthoughtsandenjoyingwhattherewastoenjo
6、y:inthiscasethedeepblueofaCaribbeanSea.SokindofdearRaymond—shewasthinkinggratefully—soreallyandtrulykind...Whyheshouldtakesomuchtroubleabouthisoldaunt,shereallydidnotknow.Conscience,perhaps,familyfeelings?Orpossiblyhewastrulyfondofher...Shethought,onthewhole,thathewasfondo
7、fher—healwayshadbeen—inaslightlyexasperatedandcontemptuousway!Alwaystryingtobringheruptodate.Sendingherbookstoread.Modernnovels.Sodifficult—allaboutsuchunpleasantpeople,doingsuchveryoddthingsandnot,apparently,evenenjoyingthem."Sex"asawordhadnotbeenmuchmentionedinMissMarple
8、'syoungdays;buttherehadbeenplentyofit—nottalkedaboutsomuch—butenjoyedfarmorethannowadays,
