“She did (да). She сommented at once (она сразу же заметила /в разговоре/; to comment — комментировать, толковать; высказываться, сообщать свое мнение) upon his somewhat unpleasant appearance (что у него какая-то неприятная внешность). If a woman is concerned (если /здесь/ замешана какая-то женщина; to concern — касаться /в рассказе/; касаться, иметь касательство, отношение), as you seem to think (to my mind (как вы, по моему, думаете) without any evidence (без каких-либо оснований; mind — ум, разум; /откровенное/ мнение, взгляд) but on a mere assumption (а просто предполагая; assumption — принятие на себя /ответственности и т.п./; предположение, допущение)), I can assure you (могу вас уверить) that Miss Debenham could not possibly be implicated (что мисс Дебенхэм совершенно не может быть замешана).”

warmth [w:m] appearance ['prns] gratify ['raetfa]

“Miss Debenham,” said the Colonel with some warmth, “is a lady.”

“Ah!” said Poirot with every appearance of being much gratified. “So you do not think that she is likely to be implicated in this crime?”

“The idea is absurd,” said Arbuthnot. “The man was a perfect stranger — she had never seen him before.”

“Did she tell you so?”

“She did. She commented at once upon his somewhat unpleasant appearance. If a woman is concerned, as you seem to think (to my mind without any evidence but on a mere assumption), I can assure you that Miss Debenham could not possibly be implicated.”

“You feel warmly in the matter (вы горячо переживаете это дело; to feel — трогать; переживать, испытывать),” said Poirot with a smile (сказал Пуаро с улыбкой).

Colonel Arbuthnot gave him a cold stare (полковник Арбэтнот холодно уставился на него; stare — пристальный взгляд; cold — холодный; неприветливый, сухой). “I really don’t know what you mean (я совершенно не понимаю, что вы имеете в виду),” he said.

The stare seemed to abash Poirot (этот взгляд, казалось, смутил Пуаро). He dropped his eyes (он опустил глаза; to drop — капать; опускать, потупить /взор/) and began fiddling with the papers (и начал вертеть бумаги; to fiddle — играть на скрипке; вертеть в руках, играть /чем-либо/) in front of him (/лежавшие/ перед ним).

“All this is by the way (это все так, между прочим),” he said. “Let us be practical (давайте будем практичными) and come to facts (и перейдем к фактам). This crime, we have reason to believe (это преступление, у нас есть причина полагать), took place at a quarter past one (произошло в четверть второго; to take (took, taken) place — происходить, случаться) last night (прошлой ночью). It is part of the necessary routine (это часть необходимых формальностей; part — часть, доля; routine — заведенный порядок, установившаяся практика; формальность) to ask everyone on the train (спрашивать каждого в этом поезде) what he or she was doing at that time (что он или она делали в это время).”

abash ['bae] fiddling ['fdl] necessary ['nessr] routine [ru:'ti:n]

“You feel warmly in the matter,” said Poirot with a smile.

Colonel Arbuthnot gave him a cold stare. “I really don’t know what you mean,” he said.

The stare seemed to abash Poirot. He dropped his eyes and began fiddling with the papers in front of him.

“All this is by the way,” he said. “Let us be practical and come to facts. This crime, we have reason to believe, took place at a quarter past one last night. It is part of the necessary routine to ask everyone on the train what he or she was doing at that time.”