For once Miss Pierce managed to get in first before Lady Westholme could speak. He went right up to his mother, but he didnt stay long with her. How l...
Dexterously, Poirot steered the conversation away from the drink question. Had her manner been very peculiar on this particular day? At lunch-time, fo...
Chapter 5 Lady Westholme entered the room with the assurance of a transatlantic liner coming into dock. Miss Amabel Pierce, an indeterminate craft, fo...
When we got round the bend, Dr Gerard and I caught up the others. We all walked together. Then, after a while, Dr Gerard turned back. He had been look...
Are you sure, M. Poirot, that this is not a case of Roman Holiday? Poirot smiled. The private lives of a family upset and disturbedso that Hercule Poi...
Chapter 4 Sarah King looked long and searchingly at Hercule Poirot. She noted the egg-shaped head, thegigantic moustaches, the dandified appearance an...
Can you tell us something, Doctor, of the mental condition of the other members of the family? Gerard replied promptly: Carol Boynton was, I should sa...
Colonel Carbury stared at him over the rim of his glass. Just for a moment the vague eyes wereno longer vaguethey measuredand appraised. He put down h...
Chapter 3 Raymond Boynton said that! The exclamation broke from the Frenchman. You think it unlikelypsychologically speaking? Poirot inquired placidly...
In some senses, said Dr Gerard, digitalin may be considered a cumulative drug. Moreover, asregards post-mortem appearance, the active principles of th...
