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第3章 名画失窃案3(第4页)

"Buthefoundtheicture,

"Hatchinsisted。

"Ofcoursehefoundit。Itwasutthereforhimtofind。

"

"Putthereforhimtofind!

"reeatedthereorter。

"DidntJenningsstealit?

"

"Ifhedid,hesafool。

"

"Well,ifhedidntstealit,whoutitthere?

"

"DeLesses。

"

"DeLesses!

"echoedHatch。

"Whythedeucedidhestealafiftythousand-dollarictureandutitinaservantstrunktobefound?

"

TheThinkingMachinetwistedaroundinhisseatandsquintedathimcoldlyforamoment。

"Attimes,MrHatch,Iamabsolutelyamazedatyourstuidity,

"hesaidfrankly。

"IcanunderstanditinamanlikeMallory,butIhavealwaysgivenyoucreditforbeinganastute,quick-wittedman。

"

Hatchsmiledatthereroach。Itwasnotthefirsttimehehadheardofit。ButnothingbearingontherobleminhandwassaiduntiltheyreachedTheThinkingMachinesaartments。

"Theonlyrealquestioninmymind,MrHatch,

"saidthescientistthen,

"iswhetherornotIshouldtakethetroubletorestoreMrKalesictureatall。Heiserfectlysatisfied,andwillrobablyneverknowthedifference。So-

"

SuddenlyHatchsawsomething。

"GreatScott!

"heexclaimed。

"DoyoumeanthattheicturethatMalloryfoundwas-

"

"Acoyoftheoriginal,

"sulementedthescientist。

"PersonallyIknownothingwhateveraboutart;therefore,Icouldnotsayfromobservationthatitisacoy,butIknowitfromthelogicofthething。Whentheoriginalwascutfromtheframe,theknifeswervedalittleattheuerrighthandcorner。Thecanvasremainingintheframetoldmethat。TheicturethatMrMalloryfounddidnotcorresondinthisdetailwiththecanvasintheframe。Theconclusionisobvious。

"

"AnddeLesseshastheoriginal?

"

"DeLesseshastheoriginal。Howdidhegetit?Inanyoneofadozenways。Hemighthaverolledituandstuckitunderhiscoat。Hemighthavehadaconfederate。ButIdontthinkthatanyordinarymethodoftheftwouldhaveaealedtohim。Iamgivinghimcreditforbeingclever,asImustwhenwereviewthewholecase。

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