花園血案之謎 The Secret Garden (第4/33頁)
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constantlyelevatingtheeyebrows.HesawFatherBrown,ofCobhole,inEssex,whomhehadrecentlymetinEngland.
Hesaw-erhaswithmoreinterestthananyofthese-atallmaninuniform,whohadbowedtotheGallowayswithoutreceivinganyveryheartyacknowledgment,andwhonowadvancedalonetoayhisresectstohishost.ThiswasCommandantO‘Brien,oftheFrenchForeignLegion.Hewasaslimyetsomewhatswaggeringfigure,clean-shaven,dark-haired,andblue-eyed,and,asseemednaturalinanoffcerofthatfamousregimentofvictoriousfailuresandsuccessfulsuicides,hehadanairatoncedashingandmelancholy.HewasbybirthanIrishgentleman,andinboyhoodhadknowntheGalloways-eseciallyMargaretGraham.Hehadlefthiscountryaftersomecrashofdebts,andnowexressedhiscomletefreedomfromBritishetiquettebyswingingaboutinuniform,sabreandsurs.WhenhebowedtotheAmbassador’sfamily,LordandLadyGallowaybentstiffy,andLadyMargaretlookedaway.
Butforwhateveroldcausessucheolemightbeinterestedineachother,theirdistinguishedhostwasnotseciallyinterestedinthem.Nooneofthematleastwasinhiseyestheguesto