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第3章 名画失窃案3(第3页)

"Wheredidyoufindit?

"heasked。

"Sorrytodisaointyou,rofessor,

"saidthedetectivesarcastically,

"butthisisthetimewhenyouwerealittlelate,

"andheroducedtheobjectwhichheheldbehindhim。

"Hereisyouricture,MrKale。

"

Kalegasedalittleinreliefandastonishment,andhelduthecanvaswithbothhandstoexamineit。

"Fine!

"hetoldthedetective。

"Illseethatyoudontloseanythingbythis。Why,thatthingcostmefiftythousanddollars!

"Kaledidntseemabletogetoverthat。

TheThinkingMachineleanedforwardtosquintattheuerrighthandcornerofthecanvas。

"Wheredidyoufindit?

"heaskedagain。

"Rolledutight,andconcealedinthebottomofatrunkintheroomofoneoftheservants,

"exlainedMallory。

"TheservantsnameisJennings。Heisnowunderarrest。

"

"Jennings!

"exclaimedKale。

"Why,hehasbeenwithmeforyears。

"

"Didheconfess?

"askedthescientistimerturbably。

"Ofcoursenot,

"saidMallory。

"Hesayssomeoftheotherservantsmusthavehiddenitthere。

"

TheThinkingMachinenoddedatHatch。

"Ithinkerhasthatisall,

"heremarked。

"Icongratulateyou,MrMallory,uonbringingthemattertosuchaquickandsatisfactoryconclusion。

"

Tenminuteslatertheyleftthehouseandcaughtacarforthescientistshome。Hatchwasalittlechagrinedattheunexectedterminationoftheaffair,andwasthoughtfullysilentforatime。

"Mallorydoesshowanoccasionalgleamofhumanintelligence,doesnthe?

"hesaidatlastquizzically。

"NotthatIevernoticed,

"remarkedTheThinkingMachinecrustily。

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