Tisdall appeared as the " bundle of uselessness" she had privately considered him.

提斯达尔的出现就像她私下里认为的“一团无用”。

A spasm of something like embarrassment ran across Tisdall's face.

提斯达尔的脸上掠过一丝尴尬的表情。

Tisdall had really lost his coat from the car on Tuesday.

Tisdall 确实在星期二从车上弄丢了他的外套。

" Tisdall" ! said Grant. " My God, I'm glad to see you. Where have you been" ?

“提斯达尔” ！格兰特说。“我的上帝， 见到你真高兴。你去哪儿了” ？

Sergeant Williams, interviewing the farmer who had identified Tisdall's car, found that he was color blind.

威廉姆斯中士采访了认出提斯达尔汽车的农夫，发现他是色盲。

" Tisdall. Can you tell me how the lady got here this morning" ?

“Tisdall。你能告诉我这位女士今天早上是怎么来的吗” ？

Grant concluded that Tisdall had not yet seen a newspaper, and dismissed the thing from his mind.

格兰特断定蒂斯达尔还没有看过报纸， 于是将这件事从脑海中抹去。

He had telephoned the good news of Tisdall's reappearance to Colonel Burgoyne, and the telephone had been answered by Erica.

他打电话给伯戈因上校， 告诉他蒂斯达尔再次出现的好消息， 埃丽卡接了电话。

Tisdall's indifferent voice bade him come in.

提斯达尔冷漠的声音让他进来。

In Kent alone at this moment were ten thousand men whose description corresponded to Tisdall's.

此时此刻，仅在肯特郡就有一万人， 他们的描述与蒂斯达尔的描述相符。

Tisdall had picked up the food left by Erica on Thursday, but not afterwards.

Tisdall 在星期四拿起了 Erica 留下的食物， 但之后就没有了。

" What makes you think this is Tisdall's coat" ?

“你凭什么认为这是提斯达尔的外套” ？

Tisdall had been readjusting the folds of a garment.

Tisdall 一直在重新调整衣服的褶皱。

He had genuinely believed for the last two days that Tisdall's nonappearance was due to lack of knowledge on Tisdall's part.

在过去的两天里， 他真的相信提斯达尔没有出现是因为提斯达尔不知情。

Tisdall got to his feet, his mind still entangled in the unbelievableness of what was happening to him.

Tisdall 站了起来， 他的思绪仍然纠缠在发生在他身上的令人难以置信的事情上。

It was a long way to the ground, and Tisdall, in Grant's opinion, was the suicide type.

离地面还有很长的路要走， 而在格兰特看来， 蒂斯达尔就是自杀的罪魁祸首类型。

Tisdall stared at the Inspector, his mouth opening and shutting helplessly.

提斯达尔盯着督察，嘴巴无助地张开又合上。

Tisdall slumped to the floor with a crash.

提斯达尔砰的一声倒在地上。

Tisdall was on his feet, both hands on the table edge, staring down at the object.

提斯达尔站了起来，双手撑在桌边，低头盯着那个东西。

Well, presently he would check up on Tisdall.

好吧， 现在他会检查 Tisdall。