Кинематика приборных механизмов 8 страница

"Your arrangements were excellent. In Cust's name you wrote for a large consignment of hosiery to be sent to him. You yourself sent a number of A.B.C.'s looking like a similar parcel. You wrote to him — a typed letter purporting to be from the same firm offering him a good salary and commission. Your plans were so well laid beforehand that you typed all the letters that were sent subsequently, and then presented him with the machine on which they had been typed."

"For the letter B you had to vary your tactics (для буквы «би» вам пришлось изменить вашу тактику). Lonely women in shops might conceivably have been warned (одинокие женщины в магазинах могли, предположительно, быть предупреждены). I should imagine (я вполне представляю = думаю) that you frequented a few cafés and teashops (что вы зачастили в несколько кафе и закусочных), laughing and joking with the girls there (смеясь и шутя с девушками там) and finding out (и выясняя) whose name began with the right letter (чье имя начиналось с правильной буквы) and who would be suitable for your purpose (и кто был бы подходящим для вашей цели)."

"In Betty Barnard you found just the type of girl (в Бетти Барнард вы обнаружили как раз тот тип девушки) you were looking for (/который/ вы искали). You took her out once or twice (вы вывели ее /в свет/ раз или два), explaining to her (объяснив ей) that you were a married man (что вы были женатым человеком), and that outings must therefore take place in a somewhat hole-and-corner manner (и что выходы должны поэтому проходить отчасти тайно: «в секретной манере»; hole-and-corner — тайный, секретный: «нора и угол»)."

conceivably [kqn`sJvqblI], frequent [frJ`kwqnt], hole-and-corner ["hqVlqnd`kLnq]

"For the letter B you had to vary your tactics. Lonely women in shops might conceivably have been warned. I should imagine that you frequented a few cafés and teashops, laughing and joking with the girls there and finding out whose name began with the right letter and who would be suitable for your purpose."

"In Betty Barnard you found just the type of girl you were looking for. You took her out once or twice, explaining to her that you were a married man, and that outings must therefore take place in a somewhat hole-and-corner manner."

"Then (затем), your preliminary plans completed (когда ваши первоначальные планы завершились), you set to work (вы принялись за работу)! You sent the Andover list to Cust (вы отправили эндоверский список Касту), directing him to go there on a certain date (направляя его туда в определенный день) and you sent off the first A.B.C. letter to me (и вы послали первое письмо Эй-би-си мне)."

"On the appointed day (в назначенный день), you went to Andover (вы поехали в Эндовер) — and killed Mrs. Ascher (и убили миссис Эшер) — without anything occurring to damage your plans (и вашим планам при этом ничто не помешало: «без того, чтобы что-нибудь случилось, что повредило вашим планам»)."

"Murder No. 1 was successfully accomplished (убийство номер один было успешно доведено до конца; to accomplish — совершать, выполнять; доводить до конца, завершать)."

"For the second murder (что касается второго убийства), you took the precaution of committing it (вы были осторожны = проявили осторожность, совершив его), in reality (в действительности), the day before (днем раньше). I am fairly certain (я совершенно уверен) that Betty Barnard was killed well before midnight on the 24^th July (что Бетти Барнард была убита гораздо раньше полуночи двадцать четвертого июля)."

complete [kqm`plJt], damage [`dxmIG], accomplish [q`kOmplIS]

"Then, your preliminary plans completed, you set to work! You sent the Andover list to Cust, directing him to go there on a certain date and you sent off the first A.B.C. letter to me."

"On the appointed day, you went to Andover — and killed Mrs. Ascher — without anything occurring to damage your plans."

"Murder No. 1 was successfully accomplished."

"For the second murder, you took the precaution of committing it, in reality, the day before. I am fairly certain that Betty Barnard was killed well before midnight on the 24^th July."

"We now come to murder No. 3 (теперь мы подходим к убийству номер три) — the important (важное) — in fact (фактически), the real murder from your point of view (настоящее убийство с вашей точки зрения)."

"And here a full measure of praise is due to Hastings (и здесь вся хвала Гастингсу: «и здесь полная мера похвалы это благодаря Гастингсу»), who made a simple and obvious remark (который сделал простое и очевидное замечание) to which no attention was paid (на которое не обратили внимание)."

"He suggested (он предположил) that the third letter went astray intentionally (что третье письмо потерялось преднамеренно). And he was right (и он был прав)!"

"In that one simple fact lies the answer to the question (в этом простом факте лежит ответ на вопрос) that has puzzled me so all along (который ставил меня в тупик столь долго). Why were the letters addressed in the first place to Hercule Poirot (почему письма были сначала адресованы Эркюлю Пуаро), a private detective (частному детективу), and not to the police (а не в полицию)?"

"Erroneously (ошибочно) I imagined some personal reason (я вообразил некую личную причину)."

praise [preIz], intentionally [In`tenS(q)n(q)l], erroneously [I`rqVnIqslI]

"We now come to murder No. 3 — the important — in fact, the real murder from your point of view."

"And here a full measure of praise is due to Hastings, who made a simple and obvious remark to which no attention was paid."

"He suggested that the third letter went astray intentionally. And he was right!."

"In that one simple fact lies the answer to the question that has puzzled me so all along. Why were the letters addressed in the first place to Hercule Poirot, a private detective, and not to the police?"

"Erroneously I imagined some personal reason."

"Not at all (вовсе нет)! The letters were sent to me (письма были отправлены мне) because the essence of your plan was (потому, что суть вашего плана была /такова/) that one of them should be wrongly addressed (что одно из них должно быть неверно адресовано) and go astray (и потеряться) — but you cannot arrange for a letter (но вы не можете организовать, чтобы письмо) addressed to the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard (адресованное Отделению криминальных расследований Скотланд-Ярда) to go astray (потерялось)! It is necessary to have a private address (было необходимо иметь частный адрес). You chose me (вы выбрали меня) as a fairly well-known person (как достаточно хорошо известную личность), and a person (и человека) who was sure to take the letters to the police (который наверняка отнесет эти письма в полицию) — and also (а так же), in your rather insular mind (в вашем достаточно недалеком: «островном /намек на островное расположение Великобритании/» уме; insular — островной; недалекий, ограниченный), you enjoyed scoring off a foreigner (вы наслаждались /тем, что/ выигрывали у иностранца)."

"You addressed your envelope very cleverly (вы очень умно написали адрес на вашем конверте) — Whitehaven (Уайтхэйвен) — Whitehorse (Уайтхорс) — quite a natural slip (достаточно естественная описка; to slip — скользить; поскользнуться). Only Hastings was sufficiently perspicacious (только Гастингс был в достаточной мере проницательным) to disregard subtleties (чтобы не обратить внимания на тонкости; subtlety — тонкость; утонченность) and go straight for the obvious (и идти прямо к очевидному)!"

insular [`Insjqlq], perspicacious ["pWspI`keIS(q)s], subtlety [`sAtltI]

"Not at all! The letters were sent to me because the essence of your plan was that one of them should be wrongly addressed and go astray — but you cannot arrange for a letter addressed to the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard to go astray! It is necessary to have a private address. You chose me as a fairly well-known person, and a person who was sure to take the letters to the police — and also, in your rather insular mind, you enjoyed scoring off a foreigner."

"You addressed your envelope very cleverly — Whitehaven — Whitehorse — quite a natural slip. Only Hastings was sufficiently perspicacious to disregard subtleties and go straight for the obvious!"

"Of course (конечно) the letter was meant to go astray (предполагалось, что письмо потеряется)! The police were to be set on the trail (полицию нужно было навести на след) only when the murder was safely over (только /тогда/, когда убийство было безопасно завершено). Your brother's nightly walk provided you with the opportunity (ночные прогулки вашего брата предоставили вам возможность). And so successfully had the A.B.C. terror taken hold on the public mind (и столь успешно ужас Эй-би-си охватил мысли общественности) that the possibility of your guilt never occurred to anyone (что даже возможность вашей вины никогда ни у кого не возникала)."

"After the death of your brother (после смерти вашего брата), of course (конечно), your object was accomplished (ваша цель была достигнута). You had no wish to commit any more murders (вы не имели желания совершать другие убийства). On the other hand (с другой строны), if the murders stopped without reason (если бы убийства прекратились без причины), a suspicion of truth might come to someone (кто-нибудь мог бы заподозрить правду: «подозрение правды могло прийти к кому-нибудь»)."

trail [treIl], terror [`terq], wish [wIS]

"Of course the letter was meant to go astray! The police were to be set on the trail only when the murder was safely over. Your brother's nightly walk provided you with the opportunity. And so successfully had the A.B.C. terror taken hold on the public mind that the possibility of your guilt never occurred to anyone."

"After the death of your brother, of course, your object was accomplished. You had no wish to commit any more murders. On the other hand, if the murders stopped without reason, a suspicion of truth might come to someone."

"Your stalking horse (ваше подставное лицо), Mr. Cust, had so successfully lived up to his role of the invisible (столь успешно вжился в его роль невидимого) — because insignificant (потому что незначительного) — man (человека), that so far no one had noticed (которого пока никто не заметил) that the same person had been seen in the vicinity of the three murders (что этого же человека видели поблизости от трех убийств)! To your annoyance (к вашему раздражению), even his visit to Combeside had not been mentioned (даже его визит в Кумсайд не был упомянут). The matter had passed completely out of Miss Grey's head (этот случай: «это дело» полностью вылетел из головы мисс Грей)."

"Always daring (всегда дерзкий), you decided (вы решили) that one more murder must take place (что еще одно убийство должно произойти) but that this time the trail must be well blazed (но в этот раз след должен был быть хорошо отмечен; blaze — белая звездочка /на лбу животного/; метка на дереве; тропинка в лесу, помеченная метками)."

"You selected Doncaster for the scene of operations (вы выбрали Донкастер для сцены действий)."

invisible [In`vIzIbl], annoyance [q`nOIqns], operation ["Opq`reIS(q)n]

"Your stalking horse, Mr. Cust, had so successfully lived up to his role of the invisible — because insignificant — man, that so far no one had noticed that the same person had been seen in the vicinity of the three murders! To your annoyance, even his visit to Combeside had not been mentioned. The matter had passed completely out of Miss Grey's head."

"Always daring, you decided that one more murder must take place but that this time the trail must be well blazed."

"You selected Doncaster for the scene of operations."

"Your plan was very simple (ваш план был очень прост). You yourself would be on the scene in the nature of things (по сути вещей, вы сами были бы на месте /преступления/). Mr. Cust would be ordered to Doncaster by his firm (мистер Каст будет направлен в Донкастер его фирмой). Your plan was to follow him round (ваш план был проследить его) and trust to opportunity (и положиться на удобный случай; opportunity — благоприятный случай, стечение обстоятельств, возможность). Everything fell out well (все сложилось хорошо; to fall out — выпадать; случаться). Mr. Cust went to a cinema (мистер Каст пошел в кино). That was simplicity itself (это была сама простота). You sat a few seats away from him (вы сели на отдалении нескольких сидений от него). When he got up to go (когда он поднялся, чтобы уйти), you did the same (вы сделали тоже). You pretended to stumble (вы притворились, что споткнулись), leaned over (перегнулись) and stabbed a dozing man in the row in front (и закололи спящего человека в ряду впереди), slid the A.B.C. on to his knees (незаметно бросили /железнодорожный справочник/ «Эй-би-си» ему на колени; to slide — скользить; незаметно сунуть) and managed to collide heavily with Mr. Cust in the darkened doorway (и /вам/ удалось тяжело столкнуться с Кастом в затемненном проходе), wiping the knife on his sleeve (вытерев нож об его рукав) and slipping it into his pocket (и сунув его ему в карман; to slip — скользить; незаметно сунуть)."

simplicity [sIm`plIsItI], collide [kq`laId], sleeve [slJv]

"Your plan was very simple. You yourself would be on the scene in the nature of things. Mr. Cust would be ordered to Doncaster by his firm. Your plan was to follow him round and trust to opportunity. Everything fell out well. Mr. Cust went to a cinema. That was simplicity itself. You sat a few seats away from him. When he got up to go, you did the same. You pretended to stumble, leaned over and stabbed a dozing man in the row in front, slid the A.B.C. on to his knees and managed to collide heavily with Mr. Cust in the darkened doorway, wiping the knife on his sleeve and slipping it into his pocket."

"You were not in the least at pains to choose a victim (вы не прилагали ни малейших усилий, чтобы выбрать жертву; to be at pains — очень стараться, прилагать усилия; pains — муки; усилия) whose name began with D (чье имя начиналось с /буквы/ «ди»). Anyone would do (любой подошел бы)! You assumed (вы допустили) — and quite rightly (и совершенно правильно) — that it would be considered to be a mistake (что это посчитают за ошибку). There was sure to be someone (там наверняка был кто-то) whose name began with D not far off in the audience (недалеко среди публики, чье имя начиналось с /буквы/ «ди»). It would be assumed (допустят) that he had been intended to be the victim (что он предназначался в жертвы)."

"And now, my friends (а теперь, друзья мои), let us consider the matter from the point of view of the false A.B.C. (давайте рассмотрим это дело с точки зрения фальшивого Эй-би-си) — from the point of view of Mr. Cust (с точки зрения мистера Каста)."

pains [peInz], intend [In`tend], point [pOInt]

"You were not in the least at pains to choose a victim whose name began with D. Anyone would do! You assumed — and quite rightly — that it would be considered to be a mistake. There was sure to be someone whose name began with D not far off in the audience. It would be assumed that he had been intended to be the victim."

"And now, my friends, let us consider the matter from the point of view of the false A.B.C. — from the point of view of Mr. Cust."

"The Andover crime means nothing to him (эндоверское преступление ничего не значило для него). He is shocked and surprised by the Bexhill crime (он был шокирован и удивлен бексхиллским преступлением) — why, he himself was there about the time (как же так, он сам был там в это время)! Then comes the Churston crime (затем происходит черстонское преступление) and the headlines in the newspapers (и /появляются/ заголовки в газетах)."

"An A.B.C. crime at Andover (преступление Эй-би-си в Эндовере) when he was there (когда он там был), an A.B.C. crime at Bexhill (преступление Эй-би-си в Бексхилле), and now another close by (и теперь еще /одно/ рядом)... Three crimes (три преступления) and he has been at the scene of each of them (и он был на месте каждого из них). Persons suffering from epilepsy often have blanks (люди, страдающие эпилепсией, часто имеют провалы /в памяти/) when they cannot remember (когда они не могут вспомнить) what they have done (что они делали)... Remember (помните) that Cust was a nervous (что Каст был нервный), highly neurotic subject (высоко невротичный субъект) and extremely suggestible (и крайне внушаемый)."

"Then he receives the order to go to Doncaster (затем он получает приказ ехать в Донкастер)."

nervous [`nWvqs], highly [`haIlI], neurotic [njVq`rOtIk]

"The Andover crime means nothing to him. He is shocked and surprised by the Bexhill crime — why, he himself was there about the time! Then comes the Churston crime and the headlines in the newspapers."

"An A.B.C. crime at Andover when he was there, an A.B.C. crime at Bexhill, and now another close by... Three crimes and he has been at the scene of each of them. Persons suffering from epilepsy often have blanks when they cannot remember what they have done... Remember that Cust was a nervous, highly neurotic subject and extremely suggestible."

"Then he receives the order to go to Doncaster."

"Doncaster! And the next A.B.C. crime is to be in Doncaster (а следующее преступление Эй-би-си должно быть в Донкастере). He must have felt (он, должно быть, чувствовал) as though it was fate (словно это была судьба). He loses his nerve (он теряет самообладание), fancies (воображает) his landlady is looking at him suspiciously (что его домовладелица смотрит на него подозрительно = с подозрением), and tells her (и говорит ей) he is going to Cheltenham (что он едет в Челтнем)."

"He goes to Doncaster (он едет в Донкастер) because it is his duty (потому что это его обязанность). In the afternoon he goes to a cinema (днем он идет в кино). Possibly (возможно) he dozes off for a minute or two (он дремлет там минуту или две)."

"Imagine his feelings (представьте себе его чувства) when on his return to his inn he discovers (когда по возвращении в свою гостиницу он обнаруживает) that there is blood on his coat sleeve (что на его рукаве пальто — кровь) and a bloodstained knife in his pocket (и нож с пятнами крови в его кармане). All his vague forebodings leap into certainty (все его смутные подозрения резко меняются на определенные: «прыгают = делают скачок в определенность»)."

duty [`djHtI], doze [dqVz], foreboding [fL`bqVdIN]

"Doncaster! And the next A.B.C. crime is to be in Doncaster. He must have felt as though it was fate. He loses his nerve, fancies his landlady is looking at him suspiciously, and tells her he is going to Cheltenham."

"He goes to Doncaster because it is his duty. In the afternoon he goes to a cinema. Possibly he dozes off for a minute or two."

"Imagine his feelings when on his return to his inn he discovers that there is blood on his coat sleeve and a bloodstained knife in his pocket. All his vague forebodings leap into certainty."

"He — he himself (он сам) — is the killer (/и/ есть убийца). He remembers his headaches (он вспоминает свои головные боли) — his lapses of memory (свои провалы памяти). He is quite sure of the truth (он совершенно уверен в правде) — he, Alexander Bonaparte Cust, is a homicidal lunatic (помешанный убийца)."

"His conduct after that is the conduct of a hunted animal (его поведение после этого — это поведение преследуемого животного). He gets back to his lodgings in London (он добирается до своего жилища в Лондоне). He is safe there (он в безопасности там) — known (его /там/ знают). They think (они думают) he has been in Cheltenham (что он был в Челтнеме). He has the knife with him still (у него все еще с собой нож) — a thoroughly stupid thing to do (совершенно глупо так делать), of course (конечно). He hides it behind the hall stand (он трячет его за вешалкой в холле)."

"Then (затем), one day (однажды), he is warned (его предупреждают) that the police are coming (что идет полиция). It is the end (это конец)! They know (они знают)."

"The hunted animal does his last run (преследуемое животное совершает свой последний забег)..."

conduct [`kOndqkt], safe [seIf], run [`xnImql]

"He — he himself — is the killer. He remembers his headaches — his lapses of memory. He is quite sure of the truth — he, Alexander Bonaparte Cust, is a homicidal lunatic."

"His conduct after that is the conduct of a hunted animal. He gets back to his lodgings in London. He is safe there — known. They think he has been in Cheltenham. He has the knife with him still — a thoroughly stupid thing to do, of course. He hides it behind the hall stand."

"Then, one day, he is warned that the police are coming. It is the end! They know."

"The hunted animal does his last run..."

"I do not know (я не знаю) why he went to Andover (почему он поехал в Эндовер) — a morbid desire (нездоровое желание), I think (я думаю), to go and look at the place (поехать и посмотреть на место) where the crime was committed (где было совершено преступление) — the crime he committed (преступление, которое он совершил) though he can remember nothing about it (хотя он ничего не может вспомнить об этом)..."

"He has no money left (у него не осталось денег) — he is worn out (он измучен; to wear — носить /одежду/; изнашивать)... his feet lead him of his own accord to the police station (его ноги привели его по его собственной воле в полицейский участок)."

"But even a cornered beast will fight (но даже загнанный в угол зверь будет бороться). Mr. Cust fully believes (мистер Каст полностью верит) that he did the murders (что он совершил эти убийства) but he sticks strongly to his plea of innocence (но он твердо держиться за свое заявление о невиновности; plea — юр. заявление, сделанное в суде одной из сторон). And he holds with desperation to that alibi for the second murder (и он держится с отчаяньем за алиби /на время/ второго убийства). At least that cannot be laid to his door (по крайней мере, его нельзя ему приписать: «его нельзя положить к его двери»)."

morbid [`mLbId], plea [plJ], desperation ["despq`reIS(q)n]

"I do not know why he went to Andover — a morbid desire, I think, to go and look at the place where the crime was committed — the crime he committed though he can remember nothing about it..."

"He has no money left — he is worn out... his feet lead him of his own accord to the police station."

"But even a cornered beast will fight. Mr. Cust fully believes that he did the murders but he sticks strongly to his plea of innocence. And he holds with desperation to that alibi for the second murder. At least that cannot be laid to his door."

"As I say (как я сказал), when I saw him (когда я увидел его), I knew at once (я понял сразу) that he was not the murderer (что он не был убийцей) and that my name meant nothing to him (и что мое имя ничего не значило для него). I knew too (я также понял), that he thought himself the murderer (что он считал себя убийцей)!"

"After he had confessed his guilt to me (после того, как он сознался мне в своей вине; to confess — признавать/ся/; сознаваться), I knew more strongly than ever (я был более, чем когда-либо, уверен) that my own theory was right (что моя собственная теория была правильной)."

"Your theory," said Franklin Clarke (ваша теория), "is absurd (абсурдна)!"

Poirot shook his head (Пуаро покачал головой). "No, Mr. Clarke (нет, мистер Кларк). You were safe enough so long (вы были в достаточной безопасности на протяжении /лишь/ того времени) as no one suspected you (пока никто не подозревал вас). Once you were suspected (как только вас заподозрили) proofs were easy to obtain (доказательства было легко достать; to obtain — получать; добывать)."

"Proofs (доказательства)?"

strongly [`strONlI], obtain [qb`teIn], once [wAns]

"As I say, when I saw him, I knew at once that he was not the murderer and that my name meant nothing to him. I knew too, that he thought himself the murderer!"

"After he had confessed his guilt to me, I knew more strongly than ever that my own theory was right."

"Your theory," said Franklin Clarke, "is absurd!"

Poirot shook his head. "No, Mr. Clarke. You were safe enough so long as no one suspected you. Once you were suspected proofs were easy to obtain."

"Proofs?"

"Yes, I found the stick (я обнаружил трость) that you used in the Andover and Churston murders (которую вы использовали в эндоверском и черстонском убийствах) in a cupboard at Combeside (в шкафу в Кумсайде). An ordinary stick with a thick knob handle (обычную трость с толстым набалдашником: «с толстой шарообразной ручкой»; knob — узел, нарост /у растений/; набалдашник). A section of wood had been removed (часть дерева была удалена) and melted lead poured in (и внутрь залит расплавленный свинец). Your photograph was picked out from half a dozen others by two people (двое людей опознали вас по фотографии из полудюжины других: «ваша фотография была выбрана из полудюжины других двумя людьми») who saw you leaving the cinema (которые видели вас выходящим из кинотеатра) when you were supposed to be on the racecourse at Doncaster (когда предполагалось, что вы были на ипподроме в Донкастере). You were identified at Bexhill the other day by Milly Higley (вас опознала Милли Хигли на днях в Бексхилле) and a girl from the Scarlet Runner Roadhouse (и девушка из придорожного кафе «Алый бегун»), where you took Betty Barnard to dine on the fatal evening (куда вы водили Бетти обедать в роковой вечер). And finally (и, в конце концов) — most damning of all (и самое гибельное из всего) — you overlooked a most elementary precaution (вы проглядели совершенно элементарную предосторожность)."

knob [nOb], lead [led], scarlet [`skRlIt]

"Yes, I found the stick that you used in the Andover and Churston murders in a cupboard at Combeside. An ordinary stick with a thick knob handle. A section of wood had been removed and melted lead poured in. Your photograph was picked out from half a dozen others by two people who saw you leaving the cinema when you were supposed to be on the racecourse at Doncaster. You were identified at Bexhill the other day by Milly Higley and a girl from the Scarlet Runner Roadhouse, where you took Betty Barnard to dine on the fatal evening. And finally — most damning of all — you overlooked a most elementary precaution."

"You left a fingerprint on Cust's typewriter (вы оставили отпечатки пальцев на пишущей машинке Каста) — the typewriter that (печатную машинку эту), if you are innocent (если вы невиновны), you could never have handled (вы бы никогда не смогли бы потрогать)."

Clarke sat quite still for a minute (Кларе сидел достаточно тихо с минуту), then he said (затем он сказал): " Rouge (фр. красное), impair (фр. нечетное), manqué (фр. промах)! — you win, M. Poirot (вы выиграли, мсье Пуаро). But it was worth trying (но стоило попытаться)!"

With an incredibly rapid motion (невероятно быстрым движением), he whipped a small automatic from his pocket (он выхватил маленький автоматический /пистолет/ из кармана) and held it to his head (и приставил его к своей голове).

I gave a cry (я вскрикнул: «я издал крик») and involuntarily flinched (и непроизвольно вздрогнул) as I waited for the report (так как я ждал выстрела; report — звенящее эхо /обычно от звука взрыва, выстрела/).

But no report came (но выстрела не последовало; report — звенящее эхо /обычно от звука взрыва, выстрела/) — the hammer clicked harmlessly (курок щелкнул в холостую: «безвредно»; hammer — молот; курок).

Clarke stared at it in astonishment (Кларк посмотрел на его в изумлении) and uttered an oath (и произнес проклятье).

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