Event ends   2026-03-15 20:46:08

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"Imba yekumberi inoshandiswa senzvimbo yekumirira vashanyi uku Archie achizivisa Wolfe nezvekusvika kwavo, uye zvakare senzvimbo yekuti Archie avige muenzi kubva kune mumwe.
Imba yekurara yaWolfe iri pauriri hwechipiri hwebrownstone, uye Archie ari pane yechitatu. Imwe neimwe yeiyi pasi inosanganisirawo imba yekurara yakasarudzika, inoshandiswa pane dzimwe nguva kuisa vatengi vakasiyana, zvapupu, uye dzimwe nguva kunyange vatadzi. Wolfe anodada nekukwanisa kupa rubatsiro rwakadaro uye akamboti, ""Muenzi idombo rinozorora pamukusheni wekugamuchira vaeni"".
Hofisi yaWolfe inoita kunge isina ruzha kana mikova inoibatanidza nekamuri yekumberi uye muhoro wakavharwa. Pane kaburi kadiki mumadziro ehofisi akafukidzwa neinonzi naArchie ""trick picture of a waterfall"".Munhu ari mualcove ari kumagumo kwekoridho anogona kuvhura sliding panel yakavhara gomba, kuti aone nekunzwa nhaurirano. nezvimwe zviitiko muhofisi pasina kuonekwa. Chigaro kuseri kwedhesiki raWolfe chakagadzirwa-chakagadzirwa, chine zvitubu zvakakosha kuti zvibate uremu hwake; Sekureva kwa Archie, ndiyo yega chigaro inonyatso kufarirwa naWolfe. Pedyo nedhesiki pane chigaro chihombe chakasimudzwa nedehwe dzvuku, chinowanzo chengeterwa Inspector Cramer, iyezvino kana angangove mutengi, kana munhu anodiwa naWolfe na Archie. kubvunza. Munyaya pfupi ""The Squirt and the Monkey"", Wolfe naArchie vane yakavanzika tepi rekodhi uye maikorofoni yakaiswa muhofisi, ine zvinodzora mukicheni.
Iyo brownstone ine musuwo wekuseri unoenda kugadheni repachivande, sezvakataurwa mu ""Champagne for One"" uye kumwewo, kubva kune nzira inoenda ku34th Street - yaishandiswa kupinda kana kubva pamba paWolfe pazvinenge zvakakodzera kunzvenga kuongororwa. Archie anoti Fritz anoedza kurima mishonga yakaita sechives mubindu.
Pamazuva esvondo, Fritz anopa Wolfe chikafu chake chemangwanani muimba yake yekurara. Archie anodya zvake zvakasiyana mukicheni, kunyangwe Wolfe angangokumbira Fritz kuti atumire Archie imba yepamusoro kana aine mirairo yemangwanani kwaari. Nguva dzekudya dzemasikati nedzemanheru dzinogara dzakarongwa chikamu chemaitiro emazuva ese aWolfe. Munyaya yekutanga, Wolfe anoudza muenzi kuti kudya kwemasikati kunopihwa zuva nezuva na1 p.m. uye kudya kwamanheru na8 p.m., kunyange zvazvo nhau dzapashure dzichikarakadza kuti nguva yokudya kwamasikati ingave yakachinjwa kuva 1:15 kana kuti 1:30, zvimwe neChishanu. Kudya kwemasikati uye kudya kwemanheru kunoshandiswa muimba yekudyira, kune rumwe rutivi rweimba yepasi pekutanga kubva muimba yepamberi nehofisi. Nekudaro, Archie achadya akaparadzana mukicheni kana ari mushishi nekuda kwekutsikirira bhizinesi kana kushamwaridzana, nekuti Wolfe haakwanise kuona chikafu chichimhanyiswa. Wolfe zvakare ane mutemo wekupokana nekukurukura nezvebhizinesi patafura, dzimwe nguva akakotama asi kashoma zvakanyanya kuputswa.
Kufanana nezvimwe zvinhu zvakawanda muhupenyu hwaWolfe, kunwa kwake doro kunosungwa netsika. Agere padhesiki rake, Wolfe anodzvanya bhatani kaviri kuridza d

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