24-08-05 Five HERCULE POIROT RECEIVES A LETTER The events which I have just narrated were not, of course, known to me until a long timeafterwards. But by questioning various members of the family in detail, I have, I think, set themdown accurately enough. Po...

24-08-05 Four MISS ARUNDELL WRITES A LETTER It was Friday. The relations had left. They left on the Wednesday as originally planned. One and all, they had offered to stay on. Oneand all they had been steadfastly refused. Miss Arundell explained that she pref...

24-08-05 Three THE ACCIDENT It was Tuesday afternoon. The side door to the garden was open. Miss Arundell stood on thethreshold and threw Bobs ball the length of the garden path. The terrier rushed after it. Just once more, Bob, said Emily Arundell. A good o...

24-08-05 Two THE RELATIONS Charles ran lightly up the stairs and tapped on his sisters door. Her answering Come in camepromptly and he entered. Theresa was sitting up in bed yawning. Charles took a seat on the bed. What a decorative female you are, Theresa,...

24-08-05 Dumb Witness: A Hercule Poirot Mystery One THE MISTRESS OF LITTLEGREEN HOUSE Miss Arundell died on May 1st. Though her illness was short her death did not occasion muchsurprise in the little country town of Market Basing where she had lived since she...

24-08-05 Thirty-One It was early dawn when they came into Shellal. The rocks came down grimly to the waters edge. Poirot murmured: Quel pays sauvage! Race stood beside him. Well, he said, weve done our job. Ive arranged for Richetti to betaken ashore first....

24-08-05 Thirty It was very much later that evening that Hercule Poirot came and knocked on the door of a cabin. A voice said Come in and he entered. Jacqueline de Bellefort was sitting in a chair. In another chair, close against the wall, sat the bigsteward...

24-08-05 Twenty-Nine You and I, my friend, Poirot leaned towards Race, started our investigation with apreconceived idea. That idea was that the crime was committed on the spur of the moment,without any preliminary planning. Somebody wished to remove Linnet...

24-08-05 Twenty-Eight As the door closed behind Tim and Rosalie, Poirot looked somewhat apologetically at ColonelRace. The Colonel was looking rather grim. You will consent to my little arrangement, yes? Poirot pleaded. It is irregularI know it isirregular,...

24-08-05 Twenty-Seven As the door closed behind him, Race gave a deep sigh. We got more than I thought we should. Admission of fraud. Admission of attempted murder. Further than that its impossible to go. A man will confess, more or less, to attempted murder...