The balls were hedgehogs and the croquet mallets were flamingos.

球是刺猬，槌球棒是火烈鸟。

Probably, I thought, it really never happened. Of course, it was all a bad dream. The truth of the matter was that it was Lawrence who had murdered Alfred Inglethorp with a croquet mallet.

也许，我想，这真的从未发生过。当然，这一切都是一场噩梦。事情的真相是，劳伦斯用槌球槌杀死了阿尔弗雷德·英格里桑。