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Rettelse af oversættelse

21. september 2004 af Tine2x (Slettet)
Nogle, der har lyst til at rette denne oversættelse igennem?

Var det mord?
Nej, det mente juryen ikke, da man ikke kunne finde nogen, der havde set morderen. Ganske vist døde offeret, Mr Patrick, ikke en naturlig død, men kunne det ikke forklares på andre måder?
Gæsterne bemærkede intet usædvanligt, da Mr Patrick gik ned i kælderen, men hvorfor blev han der så længe — og hvorfor gik butleren ned i kælderen lidt senere? De gik ikke ned efter mere vin, for der var stadig nok på bordene og i glassene.
Da butleren viste sig igen ca. en halv time senere, så han ikke ud, som om noget var galt. Men Mr Patrick kom ikke op sammen med butleren, og ingen savnede ham, før gæsterne skulle til at gå hjem. Så udbrød Mrs Patrick: »Du godeste, hvor er James?«.
Da betjentene ankom lidt senere, var deres første spørgsmål: »Hvem fandt Mr Patrick, og hvor fandt man ham?«. Tjenestepigen svarede, at hun havde fundet Mr Patrick i kælderen, hængt. Men var det selvmord eller mord? Politiet fandt ikke noget tegn på slagsmal.
Hvad kunne motivet være? Mr Patrick var ikke særlig rig, han havde hverken elskerinder eller fjender, men han havde en ting: en god vinkælder — og politiet kunne ikke finde nøglen til vinkælderen.
Den følgende dag kunne politiet heller ikke finde butleren. Han var stukket af med tjenestepigen og 12 flasker Chateau Lafitte 1959.

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Was It Murder?

No, the jury did not consider that, as you could not find anyone who had seen the murderer. It Is true that the victim, Mr Patrick, did not die a natural death, but could that not be explained in other ways?
The quests did not notice anything unusual, when Mr Patrick went down in the cellar, but why did he stay there so long – and why didn’t the butler go down in the cellar a little later? They did not go down after more wine, for there was still enough on the tables and in the glasses.
When the butler showed up again around half an hour later, he did not look as though anything was wrong. But Mr Patrick did not come up together with the butler, and nobody did miss him before the quests were to go home. When Mrs Patrick burst out: “goodness, where is James?”
When the policemen arrived a little later, there first question was: Who found Mr Patrick and where did you find him?” The maid answered that she had found Mr Patrick in the cellar, hanged. But was it suicide or murder? The police did not find any evidence of fight .
What could the motive be? Mr Patrick was not particular rich, he had neither mistresses nor enemies, but he had one thing: a good wine cellar – and the police could not find the key for the wine cellar.
The following day the police couldn’t find the butler either. He had run away with the maiden and 12 bottles of Chateau Lafitte 1959.






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22. september 2004 af Tine2x (Slettet)

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