coincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,MrPagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.Afterhehasretired,hewilldevotehimselftogardening.Forhim,thiswillbeanentirelynewhobby.Butthisdoesnotmatter,for,ashehasoftenremarked,oneisnevertoooldtolearn.Lesson86Outofcontrol失控Asthemantriedtoswingthespeed-boatround,thesteering-wheelcameawayinhishands.Hewaveddesperatelytohiscompanion,whohadbeenwater-skiingforthelastfifteenminutes.Bothmenhadhardlyhadtimetorealizewhatwashappeningwhentheywerethrownviolent1yintothesea.Thespeed-boathadstruckabuoy,butitcontinuedtomoveveryquicklyacrossthewater.Bothmenhadjustbeguntoswimtowardstheshore.whentheynoticedwithdismaythatthespeed-boatwasmovinginacircle.Itnowcamestraighttowardsthemattremendousspeed.Inlessthanaminute,itroaredpastthemonlyafewfeetaway.Afterithadpassed,theyswamonasquicklyastheycouldbecausetheyknewthattheboatwouldsoonreturn.Theyhadjusthadenoughtimetoswimoutofdangerwhentheboatagaincompletedacircle.Onthisoccasion,however,ithadsloweddownconsiderably.Thepetrolhadnearlyallbeenusedup.Beforelong,thenoisedroppedcompletelyandtheboatbegantodriftgentlyacrossthewater.Lesson87Aperfectalibi极好的不在犯罪现场的证据'Atthetimethemurderwascommitted,Iwastravellingonthe8.0o'clocktraintoLondon,'saidtheman.'Doyoualwayscatchsuchanearlytrain?'askedtheinspector.'OfcourseIdo,'answeredtheman.'Imustbeatworkat10.0o'clock.MyemployerwillconfirmthatIwasthereontime.''Wouldalatertraingetyoutoworkontime?'askedtheinspector.'Isupposeitwould,butInevercatchalatertrain.''Atwhattimedidyouarriveatthestation?''Attentoeight.Iboughtapaperandwaitedforthetrain.''Andyoudidn'tnoticeanythingunusual?''Ofcoursenot.''Isuggest,'saidtheinspector,'thatyouarenottellingthetruth.Isuggestthatyoudidnotcatchthe8.0o'clocktrain,butthatyoucaughtthe8.25whichwouldstillgetyoutoworkontime.Yousee,onthemorningofthemurder,the8.0o'clocktraindidnotrunatall.ItbrokedownatFerngreenstationandwastakenofftheline.'Lesson88Trappedinamine困在矿井里Sixmenhavebeentrappedinamineforseventeenhours.Iftheyarenotbroughttothesurfacesoonthe