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Agatha Christie
Dumb Witness
A Hercule Poirot Mystery
To dear Peter, most faithful of friends and dearest of companions, a dog in a thousand
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
1. The Mistress of Littlegreen House
2. The Relations
3. The Accident
4. Miss Arundell Writes a Letter
5. Hercule Poirot Receives a Letter
6. We Go to Littlegreen House
7. Lunch at the George
8. Interior of Littlegreen House
9. Reconstruction of the Dog’s Ball Incident
10. Visit to Miss Peabody
11. Visit to the Misses Tripp
12. Poirot Discusses the Case
13. Theresa Arundell
14. Charles Arundell
15. Miss Lawson
16. Mrs. Tanios
17. Dr. Tanios
18. “A Nigger in the Woodpile”
19. Visit to Mr. Purvis
20. Second Visit to Littlegreen House
21. The Chemist; The Nurse; The Doctor
22. The Woman on the Stairs
23. Dr. Tanios Calls on Us
24. Theresa’s Denial
25. I Lie Back and Reflect
26. Mrs. Tanios Refuses to Speak
27. Visit of Dr. Donaldson
28. Another Victim
29. Inquest at Littlegreen House
30. The Last Word
About the Author
Other Books by Agatha Christie
Copyright
About the Publisher
One
THE MISTRESS OF LITTLEGREEN HOUSE
Miss Arundell died on May 1st. Though her illness was short her death did not occasion much surprise in the little country town of Market Basing where she had lived since she was a girl of sixteen. For Emily Arundell was well over seventy, the last of a family of five, and she had been known to be in delicate health for many years and had indeed nearly died of a similar attack to the one that killed her some eighteen months before.
But though Miss Arundell’s death surprised no one, something else did. The provisions of her will gave rise to varying emotions, astonishment, pleasurable excitement, deep condemnation, fury, despair, anger and general gossip. For weeks and even months Market Basing was to talk of nothing else! Everyone had their own contribution to make to the subject from Mr. Jones the grocer, who held that “blood was thicker than water,” to Mrs. Lamphrey at the post office, who repeated ad nauseam that “there’s something behind it, depend upon it! You mark my words.”
What added zest to the speculations on the subject was the fact that the will had been made as lately as April 21st. Add to this the further fact that Emily Arundell’s near relations had been staying with her just before that date over Easter Bank Holiday and it will be realized that the most scandalous theories could be propounded, pleasurably relieving the monotony of everyday life in Market Bas ............

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