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　　Marple is invited to London to see her old friend Ruth. Miss Marple was a sort of traveling companion to Ruth and her sister, Carrie Louise. Ruth is worried about Carrie Louise. She doesn't know why, though. Ruth asks Miss Marple to come with her to her sister's estate, Stonygates. Stonygates is a huge manor house, and some of the buildings and the grounds are used by Carrie Louises' current husband, Lewis, as a reformatory for juvenile criminals. Miss Marple meets the people who live there - Carrie Louise's grand-daughter Gina and her malcontent American husband Walter; Stephen and Alex Restarick, Carrie Louise's stepsons by her first marriage; Edgar Lawson, Lewis' mentally unstable secretary; and Carrie Louise's daughter, Mildred, who is jealous of Gina. Soon, Carrie Louise's stepson by her second marriage shows up. He is Christian Guldbrandsen, and he runs the trust which contributes a fraction of the funds used to run Stonygates. He and Lewis talk in private. Later that night, Edgar begins waving a gun around and ranting that Lewis is his father. Lewis takes him to his office where the argument becomes even more heated. After a few minutes, two shots are heard, and then hysterical crying. The door opens to reveal Lewis, unhurt. Edgar missed him. However, the body of Christian Guldbrandsen is discovered, shot. Miss Marple sets out to find the murderer before it is too late for her good friend Carrie Louise. 　　译文(3): 马普尔被邀请去伦敦看她的老朋友露丝。马普尔小姐是露丝和她的妹妹卡莉·露易丝的旅行伴侣。露丝担心卡莉·路易丝。但她不知道为什么。露丝请马普尔小姐和她一起去她姐姐的庄园斯托尼盖特。Stonygates是一座巨大的庄园，其中一些建筑和场地被卡莉·路易丝的现任丈夫刘易斯用作青少年罪犯的感化院。马普尔小姐会见了住在那里的人——嘉莉·路易斯的孙女吉娜和她不满的美国丈夫沃尔特；斯蒂芬和亚历克斯·雷斯塔里克，嘉莉·路易丝第一次结婚时的继子；埃德加·劳森，刘易斯精神不稳定的秘书；还有卡莉·路易丝的女儿米尔德里德，她嫉妒吉娜。很快，卡丽·路易丝第二次结婚的继子出现了。他是Christian Guldbrandsen，他经营着一家信托基金，该基金贡献了用于经营Stonygates的一小部分资金。他和刘易斯私下交谈。当晚晚些时候，埃德加开始挥舞着枪，咆哮着刘易斯是他的父亲。刘易斯把他带到办公室，那里的争论变得更加激烈。几分钟后，听到两声枪响，然后歇斯底里地哭泣。门开了，刘易斯安然无恙。埃德加想念他。然而，克里斯蒂安·古尔德布兰森的尸体被发现，被枪杀。马普尔小姐出发去寻找凶手，以免对她的好朋友卡莉·路易丝来说为时已晚。 收起