花園血案之謎 The Secret Garden (第7/33頁)
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toMargaretsomehow;hedidnotattemttoimaginehow.HewasleftoverthecoffeewithBrayne,thehoaryYankeewhobelievedinallreligions,andValentin,thegrizzledFrenchmanwhobelievedinnone.Theycouldarguewitheachother,butneithercouldaealtohim.Afteratimethis“rogressive”logomachyhadreachedacrisisoftedium;LordGallowaygotualsoandsoughtthedrawing-room.Helosthiswayinlongassagesforsomesixoreightminutes:tillheheardthehigh-itched,didacticvoiceofthedoctor,andthenthedullvoiceoftheriest,followedbygenerallaughter.Theyalso,hethoughtwithacurse,wererobablyarguingabout“scienceandreligion.”Buttheinstantheoenedthesalondoorhesawonlyonething-hesawwhatwasnotthere.HesawthatCommandantOBrienwasabsent,andthatLadyMargaretwasabsenttoo.
Risingimatientlyfromthedrawing-room,ashehadfromthedining-room,hestamedalongtheassageoncemore.HisnotionofrotectinghisdaughterfromtheIrish-Algerianer-do-weelhadbecomesomethingcentralandevenmadinhismind.Ashewenttowardsthebackofthehouse,wherewasValentin‘sstudy,hewassurrisedtomeethisdaughter,whoswetas