The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Убийство Роджера Экройда - Кристи Агата

‘Bien! That is that,’ he said. his face hardened. ‘Now I appeal to these others who sit round this table, Mrs Ackroyd, Major Blunt, dr Sheppard, Mr Raymond. you are all friends and intimates of the missing man. If you know where Ralph Paton is hiding, speak out.’

There was a long silence. Poirot looked to each in turn.

‘I beg of you,’ he said in a low voice, ‘speak out.’

But still there was silence, broken at last by Mrs Ackroyd.

‘I must say,’ she observed in a plaintive voice, ‘that Ralph’s absence is most peculiar – most peculiar indeed. Not to come forward at such a time. It looks, you know, as though there were something behind it. I can’t help thinking, Flora dear, that it was a very fortunate thing your engagement was never formally announced.’

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