Chapter3 疑點多米諾 Suspicious Domint (第1/27頁)
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名畫失竊案ProblemoftheStolenRubens
雅克·福特雷爾
JacquesFutrelle
雅克·福特雷爾(JacquesFutrelle,1875—1912),美國推理小說家。在他的推理短篇小說中,最著名的是《思想機器》。膾炙人口的偵探小說為他在偵探小說界贏得了較高的聲譽。
MatthewKalemadefftymilliondollarsoutofaxlegrease,afterwhichhebegantoatronizethehigharts.Itwassimleenough:hehadthemoney,andEuroehadtheoldmasters.Hismethodofbuyingwassimlicityitself.Therewerefivethousandsquareyards,moreorless,inthehugegalleryofhismarblemansionwhichweretobecovered,soheboughtfvethousandsquareyards,moreorless,ofart.Someofitwasgood,someofitfair,andmuchofitbad.ThechiefictureofthecollectionwasaRubens,whichhehadickeduinRomeforfftythousanddollars.
Soonafteracquiringhiscollection,Kaledecidedtomakecertainalterationsinthevastroomwheretheictureshung.Theywerealltakendownandstoredintheballroom,equallyvast,withtheirfacestowardthewall.MeanwhileKaleandhisfamilytookrefugeinanearbyhotel.
ItwasatthishotelthatKalemetJulesdeLesses.DeLesseswasdistinctlyFrench,thesortofFrenchmanwhoseconversationresemblesc