Chapter 20 Chapter 4 The Truth Comes Out

Angela Warren turned slowly, and glanced sternly and contemptuously at every face in the room looking at her.She said, "You're a blind fool—you're all the same. Don't you know that if I were a murderer, I would have confessed! I never made Caroline suffer for my actions, ever!" Poirot said: " "But you did mess with the beer. ""I?Tricks on beer? Poirot turned to look at Meredith Black. "Listen, sir, you said in your report that you heard noises from the upstairs bedroom in this room on the morning of the murder?" Meri Diblack nodded. "It's just a cat, though." "

"How do you know it's a cat?" "I—I can't remember, but it was a cat, I'm sure. The window was only a little open, just big enough for a cat to crawl through." "But the window is movable. Maybe someone has pulled it up and walked in and out." "Yes, but I know it's a cat." "You didn't see the cat, did you?" Meridy Black said slowly and perplexedly. "No, I didn't—" He frowned. "But I do." "Let me tell you why, and at the same time let me tell you that it is very possible that someone sneaked into your laboratory that morning, took something from a shelf, and then slipped away without anyone noticing. If that Someone from Oldbury must not have been Philip Blake, Aisha Gurley, Anya Currell, or Caroline Currell, for our actions towards all four That's clear. That leaves only Angela Warren and Miss William, and Miss William has been at the house—you met her when you went out, and she said she was looking for Angela. Angela La went out to sunbath early in the morning, but Miss William hadn't seen her in the water or on the rocks. She could have easily swam this way--in fact she did when she sunbathed with Philip Blake afterwards I think she swam over here, got in the house, crawled through the window into your lab, and took something off the shelf." Angela Warren said: "I didn't do that thing—no—at least” “Ah!” exclaimed Hercule Poirot triumphantly, “you remember at last! You told me you stole a kind of your Something called 'cat food'—" Meredith Black screeched, "Jack! No wonder!"

"It's not bad at all, that's why you always think that the cat sneaked into your laboratory. You have a very keen sense of smell, maybe you smell the faint, uncomfortable smell of jasmine without knowing it── But subconsciously, I always think of cats. Cats love jiecao and will look for them everywhere. The root of jiecao has a fishy smell, because you mentioned it the day before, so the naughty Angela Warren wanted to put some in it In her brother-in-law's beer, she knew he always drank it all in one gulp." Angela Warren said in surprise: "Is it really that day? I remember it very clearly, I did go to get it. Yes, I still remember that as soon as I took out the beer, Kai Ruolin walked in and almost caught me Of course I do...but I never associate it with that day."

"Of course you won't—because you feel that the two have nothing to do with each other. The two things are completely irrelevant. One is a prank you are used to, and the other is a tragedy like a thunderclap. No warning, sweeping all other little things out of your mind, but I noticed that you said I stole something, what, to put in Anya's drink, and you didn't say you actually did it." "Yes, because I didn't put it on at all. I just opened the beer bottle, and Kai Ruolin came in. Ah!" She exclaimed, "So Kai Ruolin thought—she thought it was me—" She stopped, Look around and say in your usual nonchalant tone, "I think you all think so."

She paused, then went on: "I didn't kill Anya. If I had, I would never have kept silent." Miss William said sternly, "You're quite right, my dear." She looked at Hercule Poirot, "Only a 'fool' would think that way." Hercule Poirot said to him: "I'm not a fool, and I don't think so. I know very well who the real murderer is." He paused, and said: "It's very dangerous to believe things that are made up. , let's look at the situation at Oldbury, it's the usual thing: two women fighting for a man, we all thought Anya Currel was going to leave his wife for another woman, but I'm telling you now,' He never intended to do that'." He did have crushes on other women, but they usually ended in a short period of time.The women he loves usually have one thing in common - they don't expect anything from him.But this time the woman is different, you know, she is not a woman at all, she is just a girl, and in the mouth of Kai Ruolin Correll, she is very, very honest...she may be calm and sophisticated in terms of words, but In terms of love, it is very simple.Because she herself was very much infatuated with Anya Currel, she assumed he was the same for her.She had no doubts about their feelings, she thought they would last forever, and she didn't ask him, she thought he would definitely leave his wife.

"But you must ask, why didn't Anya Corell tell her the truth? My answer is—for that painting, he wants to finish that painting." Some people may think this is incredible—but as long as Knowing the artist's style, this should come as no surprise.In principle, we have also accepted this interpretation.That conversation between Anya Currell and Meredith Black makes a lot more sense.Embarrassed, Currell patted Meredy.Blake's back, and told him in an optimistic tone that this matter will definitely be resolved satisfactorily.As you know, Anya Currell thinks it's very simple: he's painting a painting, and he's getting in the way of two jealous and neurotic women, but he won't let them get in the way of the most important thing in his life. thing.

"If he told the truth to Aisha Gurley, the painting would never be able to continue. Maybe when he first fell in love with her, he did say that he wanted to leave Kai Ruolin. When a man is in love, he can say anything Gotta say it. Maybe he didn't say it, just let her think so. He doesn't care what Elsa thinks, she can think what she likes, as long as it can keep her quiet for another day or two, waiting for him to finish the painting After that, there will be no problem." When the time comes, he will tell her the truth—it's over between them. He is a person who has never had any scruples.

"I think he really planned not to have anything to do with Aisha at the beginning. He had already warned her what kind of man he was. But she didn't listen to his warning, but instead went to him, like Corell Men, just use women for fun. If you ask him, he will say that Elsa is too young and will forget about it in a short time. This is what Anya Currel always thinks. In fact, the only thing he cares about Only his wife is the only one. He is not worried about her and thinks she will be fine as long as she bears with it for a few more days. He is very angry at Elsa for telling Kai Ruolin openly, but is still very optimistic that 'no big deal' Kai Ruolin will definitely forgive him as before, and Aisha—Aisha just needs to be patient. For a man like Anya Kerrell, any problem in life is easy to solve." But I thought of the last One night, he started to really worry—he was worried about Caroline, not Elsa, maybe he had been to her room, but she refused to talk to him.Anyway, after a night of tossing and turning, and right after breakfast, he takes her aside and tells the truth—he had a crush on Elsa, but it's all over now.As soon as he finished that painting, he would never see her again.

"Caroline Claire listened to him and said, 'You and your women!' As you can see, this made Elsa look exactly like any other woman -- the ones who went away one by one. Woman. She added angrily: 'One day I will kill you.'” "She was very angry and thought he was so cruel and cruel to that girl. When Philip Blake saw her in the hall, she muttered to herself: 'It's cruel!' Elsa was on her mind. As for Anya Currier, when he came out of the studio and saw Elsa with Philip Blake, he abruptly asked her to go down and pose: he didn't know that Elsa was sitting outside the study window just now, listening to everything. Arrived. And the conversation Aisha said later was not true. Don’t forget, it was her one-sided words. Think about it, when she heard him tell the truth to Kai Ruolin so relentlessly. It must be Shocking! Meredith Black said that when he stood at the door waiting for Caroline to walk out of the room the previous afternoon, he was talking to Aisha Gurley with his back to the door, in other words, face to face Aisha Gray, who was facing him, must have seen Kai Ruolin's actions, and she was the only one who could see it. Although she saw Kai Ruolin taking the poison, she didn't say it. But when she was outside the window of the painting room After hearing the talk of the Currel couple, I remembered this incident again. When Anya Currell walked out of the study and asked her to go down to pose, she slipped into Caroline Currell's room under the pretext that she was going to get a coat A woman knows a woman best and knows where the best things are likely to be hidden. When she finds the poison, a man pours the poison into a fountain pen's ink filler to avoid leaving his fingerprints. Then she goes downstairs. to Batley Park with Anya Clerer. Needless to say, she immediately poured him a glass of beer, which he drank in one gulp, as usual. Meanwhile, Caroline Clerer was deeply disturbed, she Seeing Elsa walk in the house (really getting the blouse this time) immediately went to Batley Park to find her husband. His behavior was disgraceful! She couldn't bear it! That was cruel to that girl, How heartless! Anya blamed her for interrupting his painting, saying that everything was settled—as soon as that painting was finished, he would ask the girl to pack!' When everything was settled, I would ask her to pack. Did you hear that?" Then, they heard the footsteps of the Black brothers, and Kai Ruolin came out a little embarrassed, and said casually that they were talking about Angela's school, that there were many things to do, etc., and the two brothers It's natural to think that what they heard was about Angela, and the phrase 'I'll ask her to pack' becomes 'I'll pay attention to her packing'."

"As for Elsa, she sat back down where she was posing again, with her clothes in her hand, calm and smiling. Needless to say, she figured that Caroline would be suspected and that the methamphetamine bottle would be retrieved from her room. Kai Ruolin promised to bring the beer for Anya, which made her feel more at ease. After Kai Ruolin brought the beer, she poured a glass for her husband, as if she was completely at her mercy. Anya drank the beer in one gulp, Make a face and say, 'Everything stinks today.' Can you guys see how important that is? Everything stinks! In other words, in that glass of beer He's had other things that didn't taste good before and he still had the taste in his mouth. Another point, Philip Blake said Anya Currell faltered a bit, guessing 'he didn't know if he had too much to drink Alcohol'. In fact, this is a sign of the onset of toxin. That is, he had been taking it for a while before Caroline brought him a cold beer. Aisha Gurley Sitting on the wall and posing that way, to avoid his premature suspicion, she spoke to Anya Currell in a nonchalant, brisk manner. Presently she saw Meredith Black sitting on the stool above and was talking to him. Beckoning, the performance was more thorough. So Anya Corell, who has always hated diseases and was unwilling to bow to diseases, continued to paint stubbornly until his limbs were stiff and his speech was slurred, and he leaned helplessly against the chair, but still sane. Lunch bell rang in the house, Meredith Black came down to Batley Park, and I think at the last moment, Elsa left her place and ran to the table before pouring the last drops of poison into a beer mug (she shattered the ink filler on the way back to the house), and went to the door to meet Meredy Black, who saw only his friend using the usual Sitting on a chair with his limbs stretched out, he moved his eyes from the canvas to him, and he described his friend's eyes as malicious. How much did Anya know or guess? We don't know what he knew in his head How much, but his hands and eyes tell the truth." Hercule Poirot pointed to the pictures on the wall. "I should have known it the first time I saw it, because it's very special, it's a murderer drawn by a victim—it's a portrait of a girl watching her lover die..."