Цитаты из книги «And Then There Were None / И никого не стало. Книга для чтения на английском языке»

Hugo, upstairs, waiting for her… ‘One little soldier boy left all alone.’ What was the last line again? Something about being married—or was it something else?

She paused by the dining-room door. There were still three little china figures in the middle of the table. Vera laughed. She said: ‘You’re behind the times, my dears.’

There had been no room in her for anything but the glorious sense of safety.

Her tone warned him. He spun round. Even as he clapped his hand to his pocket he knew that he would find it empty.

‘We must move him. Carry him up to the house…’ ‘To join the other victims, I suppose? All neat and tidy. As far as I’m concerned he can stay where he is.’ Vera said: ‘At any rate let’s get him out of the reach of the sea.’ Lombard laughed. He said: ‘If you like.’ He bent—tugging at the body. Vera leaned against him, helping him. She pulled and tugged with all her might.

‘Why did I never see his face properly before? A wolf– that’s what it is—a wolf’s face… Those horrible teeth…’

But side by side with this went a contradictory trait—a strong sense of justice.

Lombard dropped to his knees and peered through the keyhole. He inserted his little finger gingerly into the lock.

He raised his hand and struck her a flat blow on the cheek.

The judge stroked his chin. He murmured in a slightly ironic voice: ‘My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals— and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.’