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the real sequence of events. Lady Esther was jealous of Herr
Schlagal's infatuation with Muriel and turned on her in her madness. She fell by accident. Muriel was terrified of being accused of her murder, put the breakfast tray down by the body. and adopted her identity. She refused to see anyone in case they spotted the substitution. The new consul was one of the people who had never met the real Lady Esther and therefore was not suspicious. Pyne knew something was wrong when he heard of Lady Esther's "dark, flashing eyes". He knew that Esther's parents were both blue-eyed. His talk of England confirmed his suspicions. The supposed titled lady in front of him did not react to stories of
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to go to "Whitefriars". Suddenly the voice of the lawyer booms in the darkness. The two of them have interfered in his plans and he must dispose of them. A trickle of water starts to pour from a hole in the wall into the room and Freda realises that they are meant to drown. She remains somewhat calm while the Major strains successfully at his bonds. He frees himself, then her and they flee the house. Freda is full of admiration for
Wilbraham and he impulsively proposes. She accepts and then worries about her father's paper which is missing from his pocket. He tells her that what they took was a spoof copy and he posted her father's paper on to his tailor in the envelope in Notting Hill.
878:, but to instead meet her for a consultation. He does so and she asks him to find out if her husband is poisoning her. She has been unwell for some time when she is with him. She recovers when he is away. Pyne suspects that there is more to the matter than she is telling him. He voices this suspicion and, in doing so, offends his latest client. Lady Grayle walks off in a huff. Soon afterwards, Miss MacNaughton appears and voices almost the same concern – that Lady Grayle is being poisoned. But she does not want to suspect Sir George, even though she has also spotted the timing of the Lady's recoveries being linked to his absences.
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Madeleine as per her instructions to him. Iris has staged a collapse, but Reggie has nevertheless gone to town and
Madeleine is sure that Iris is following him to effect a reconciliation on his terms. Suddenly the office door bursts open and Reggie runs in, proclaiming his genuine love for Madeleine. Iris quickly follows and a scene ensues, ended by Madeleine when she screams hysterically for them to get out. They leave and Pyne accepts responsibility for this turn of events. He writes across the file that this case's result was a "failure" but that the result "should have been foreseen."
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the papers she has, having no idea what the matter could be about and then received a letter from him asking her to call on him at his house, "Whitefriars" in Friar's Lane – the empty house, and it was there she was attacked and
Wilbraham saved her. The Major's theory is that there is something in her father's papers that the man posing as a lawyer wants desperately. Freda remembers that she thought her room had been searched when she was out and that this attack was possibly to take such papers by force from Freda if she had them on her person, or to force her to tell where they are.
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arts – galleries, operas and concerts. She is bored with her husband and she has become friends with a long-haired art lover called
Sinclair Jordan. Pyne's solution to the problem is for Reggie to have a mild flirtation with a beautiful woman. This will make Iris Wade jealous and also make her think twice about Reggie's attractiveness to women. Although he admits that there is a possibility that Iris is so completely in love with Jordan that the plan will fail, Pyne thinks the scheme has a ninety-seven percent chance of success and he charges Wade two hundred
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poverty. When he first struck his riches, the two people at first enjoyed their new life of luxury. But the novelty of servants, foreign trips, expensive clothes and food soon wore off. Abner Rymer was a weak man physically and his new-found wealth could not reverse his deterioration. He died at the relatively young age of forty-three some five years ago. Mrs Rymer has no friends now; her old friends are shy of her new lifestyle and her newer acquaintances are always after subscriptions. She feels certain that they are
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kidnappers' intention all along had been to obtain the necklace. What she thought had been the original, that was handed back to her the day before, was in fact the paste copy. The man calling himself Parker Pyne and his jeweller accomplice are now under lock and key. Mr
Thompson explains how he knew something was wrong. He is the real Parker Pyne, travelling incognito as he promised himself on the Nile. When he heard his name mentioned, he knew something was up!
647:, on the purely innocent grounds of protecting her from her supposedly violent husband. It was a scam and Jeffries has been suffering ever since. Needing the money for the latest demand, he "stole" his wife's jewels. Pyne tells him to leave the blackmailer to him and to confess all to his wife. Everything, except for the fact of being scammed in the West Indies. He is sure Elsie will be delighted to believe that she has reformed a
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moment. She soon sees a newspaper which confirms that some three days have passed since she was in Pyne's office. She also sees a report that Mrs Abner Rymer has been removed to a private nursing home. She reportedly has delusions that she is a servant girl named Hannah
Moorhouse. Rymer also sees in another column a report that a Dr. Constantine has given a lecture stating that it is possible to
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on the train in the compartment on the other side of hers. He is out to murder the girl and get the jewels. At
Roberts' offer, she passes him a rolled-stocking with the jewels secreted inside for him to look after during the night. Embarrassed, he turns down her suggestion that he should sleep in her compartment to keep an eye on her. He does agree to sleep in the connecting washroom.
783:, refusing to see anyone from her old country. The consul took over his post the very day after the death of the companion. The woman fell from a balcony in the courtyard, while carrying a breakfast tray. The consul also mirrors some of the comments of the German pilot about the strangeness of Lady Esther. He describes speaks her "dark, flashing eyes".
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Richards, who is the secretary of Lady
Dortheimer. The ring she brought in the previous visit was the paste copy which Richards wanted Pyne and his people to substitute for the real thing, absolving her of any real crime. He does not charge her a fee as he has not made her happy, as his advert had promised. The angry young lady storms out of the office.
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dreams" to take was not burnt, despite his instruction to do so, as she kept all of his letters to her (a bluff by Pyne). Basil falls for this deception and implicates himself. The people Pyne has had outside the half-closed door hear this confession. Pyne is determined to have his holiday after all this work and decides to go incognito to
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story of his own conversation with the dead man in the nightclub. Loftus also recalls
Smethurst talking to Hensley about "a leakage" in his department. Recalling that Hensley said he always carried spare socks with him, Pyne suggests that Loftus should fetch these. Sure enough, one is found to contain wet sand. Pyne now knows the murderer.
978:) stated that Christie was, "the only consistently inspired practitioner of an art where ingenuity and industry have so often to substitute for genius." On the subject of this collection, Mr. Mathers said that the book "has a certain appeal to all Agatha Christie fans, and to ourselves and to all lovers of the well-made magazine story."
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that Miss de Sara bestows upon Reggie. Madeleine makes small comments about his ability as a golf teacher and how not playing a sport makes one feel left out. She also compliments Iris on letting Reggie have such friendships when other jealous women wouldn't. Little by little, Iris' veneer of acceptance starts to slip away.
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proven his worth and she is in love with him, although Mr. Blundell wants her to marry Sir Donald. Pyne asks why her father wanted to be searched. Carol thinks that he wanted to be searched, because she could think that it was him who stole the pearl. His motive would be to blame Hurst and to not let him marry Carol.
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of Teheran, Pyne invites Schlagal to dine with him. They talk about his job, flying across the Middle East. The pilot tells Pyne of his first two passengers, a young titled lady called Esther Carr and her beautiful companion who Schlagal fell in love with. Soon after, the second young woman was dead.
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where they are met by a man identified as Count Paul Stepanyi (who looks similar to the tall bearded man in Geneva) who takes them to a country house. The stockings are handed over and Mr. Roberts is given a jewel-encrusted order in a Morocco case as thanks. He is also introduced to the girl properly
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Parker Pyne receives a new client. Reginald Wade is a slightly inarticulate young man whose marriage is in a mess. His wife of nine years has given him six-months' notice that unless he changes his ways she wants a divorce. He leads a blameless life, playing golf and tennis whereas Mrs Wade likes the
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The party and the exhibition dance go well. Lady Naomi Dortheimer is very taken with Jules, the dancer (in reality, Claude) and they are on the dancefloor when the lights suddenly go out, as arranged by Madeleine out in the hall. In the darkness, Lady Naomi's ring "slips" from her finger, but is soon
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She tells her story: her name is Freda Clegg and she is an orphan. The previous week she received a visit from an Australian lawyer who told her she might come into a legacy from business transacted by her late father but that it was dependent upon her having some papers of his. She handed him all of
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Pyne then sees Basil and asks him to write out his confession; he made love to the older lady but planned to slowly poison her and make sure the blame would be laid at the husband's door. He would then marry the rich niece. Pyne tells him that the final note he sent to Lady Grayle, with a "cachet of
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Mrs Rymer stops at this question and admits that she is. She and Joe have become engaged and she is satisfied with having her old life back. She tells Pyne she wants just seven hundred pounds of her fortune to buy her and Joe a farm which they want. Pyne can distribute the rest to hospitals, but her
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A week later, Madeleine returns to Pyne's office and reports on the case. Matters reached a head when Sinclair Jordan joined the house party. He fell for Madeleine, but she made outrageous fun of him and his appearance. Iris demanded that Reggie throw her out, but he told his wife he wanted to marry
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Soon after, she came into some money when a cousin died and has now reclaimed the real ring. However she cannot return it as the husbands have quarrelled and the two couples are no longer on speaking terms. In addition, Naomi's character would not allow forgiveness of such an act of theft, if Daphne
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Just after lunch, Carol appears in Pyne's tent and employs him to find the pearl. She especially wants to prove the innocence of Jim Hurst who is a reformed thief. He was stealing from her father's house when she met him. She saw how desperate Jim was, and convinced her father to employ him. He has
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As the passengers discuss the reason why someone would do such a thing, Williamson remembers overhearing a conversation that Smethurst had with an unknown third party in Damascus. Smethurst said that he would keep quiet, until they arrived in Baghdad. But not a moment longer. Pyne joins in with his
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Pyne tells him about his wife finding the message on the blotter. He puts it to Jeffries that the jewels were actually taken by him before he left London. He only left paste copies behind. It was these that had to be "stolen" again and disappear at some other point. In a way that would not bring an
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She bides her time at the farm, carrying out "Hannah"'s duties which, in themselves, take her back to her old life with some ease. After several weeks, she has saved up enough money to be able to afford the trip back to London, with the intention to confront Pyne. Yet she hesitates, again afraid of
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The next day at the station, he soon bumps into a glamorous foreign girl who uses the correct password phrases with him and tells him to meet her in her next-door compartment after they have passed the border. He does so and the girl reveals that she is frightened as someone called Vassilievitch is
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Parker Pyne visits Mrs Oliver, the novelist and congratulates her on the story she thought up for him to use with the Major and Freda, although he thinks the cellar of water was something of a cliché. "Whitefriars" is a house Pyne bought long ago which he has so far used for eleven exciting dramas.
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from the landlady, posts a letter and then proceeds to Hampstead. Entering the empty house, he is soon knocked on the head and regains consciousness in the cellar. Freda is also there and the two of them are bound. She tells him that she too received a letter, purportedly from the Major, asking her
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and is retired. As Pyne instantly concludes, he is bored stiff living in an English village after a lifetime of excitement and adventure. Pyne charges him fifty pounds and instructs him to take Madeleine de Sara to lunch. She returns a few hours later unsuccessful: she has frightened the Major off,
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with Pyne where she is introduced to Claude. Something of a whirlwind romance of ten days follows which culminates in a dance one night when Maria and Claude cross paths with George and his girl at a dance. George is jealous and shocked at his wife's behaviour and a couple of days later the two are
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The evidence seems insurmountable; packets of strychnine have been found in Sir George's cabin and in the pocket of his dinner jacket. The powder itself came from Miss MacNaughton who carried some on her for her patient's supposed heart trouble. Pyne speaks with Pamela, who thinks that Lady Grayle
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Pyne takes her through the story of the German pilot and asks if she would receive him. Lady Esther refuses and he accuses her of play-acting – but not to cover up a murder. He knows that she is the companion – Muriel King – and that it was Lady Esther who died, not the other girl. Muriel tells of
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is pointing to the smoke coming out of one of the compartments further down the train. The conductor assures the passengers that there is no emergency. Pyne is suspicious, and returns to Elsie's compartment. He finds the Slavic woman there, supposedly recovering from the shock. Pyne refuses to let
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A week later he calls Mrs Rymer back to his office and introduces her to Nurse de Sara who takes the lady up one floor to the waiting Dr. Constantine. He appears to be of eastern extraction and the room is decorated in oriental fashion. Mrs Rymer is told that she has a sickness of the mind, not of
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about her behind her back. She basically wants help in spending money in an enjoyable way, but without giving it away. Pyne promises to restore her interest in life and charges her one thousand pounds up-front for his service. After she has gone, Pyne tells Claude Luttrell that the services of Dr.
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Reggie subsequently "invites" Madeleine de Sara down to his house for the weekend, with his wife's agreement and to her amusement. She is pleased that her divorce will be simpler in that Reggie will not be so upset, but she is less pleased to see the attraction between the pair and the compliments
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Maria goes to the address given and Parker Pyne instantly guesses the cause of her unhappiness from his knowledge of life and his previous occupation in statistics. He tells Maria that his fee is two hundred guineas, the sum to be paid up front. At first reluctant, Maria returns to the office with
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copy of the diamonds and send this to the kidnappers. Mrs Peters agrees and Pyne telephones to his friend. Meanwhile, she keeps both the manager and Mr Thompson occupied, and prevents them from disturbing him. The jeweller friend arrives from Athens, and he makes the paste version. Pyne gives the
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The next day the second note is delivered. This note states that if she does not have the money on her, the kidnappers will accept instead a valuable diamond necklace that they know she carries on her. The necklace must be delivered by tomorrow. When she shows Pyne the note, he concocts a plan to
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them, but the object is not there. The suspicion grows that it has been stolen. Colonel Dubosc demands to be searched to prove his innocence. The others agree, especially Mr. Blundell who states that he has his own reasons for doing so, "though I don't want to state them". The pearl is not found.
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The day before the journey, Pyne passes the time by talking to General Poli about items in the newspaper. The main news item discussed is the search for a crooked financier called Samuel Long, who is on the run and is rumoured to be in South America. Pyne goes to the cinema and then to a somewhat
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in October. It is on the eighth of that month, and almost a year has passed since her new life started, when she looks up from her work in the vegetable patch and sees Pyne watching her from over a fence. She starts to curse him and he admits to all the deceptions. He agrees that Hannah Moorhouse
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Parker Pyne receives his next customer: Mr. Roberts is a city clerk of forty-eight years of age. He is happily married with two healthy children and a steady job. However his life has been one of steady work and survival with no moments of adventure. He consequently feels in a rut. His wish is to
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Daphne calls at Pyne's office the next morning. He passes her his bill for expenses, which she pays in cash. Pyne then gives her the ring. He has had it examined and it is definitely a paste copy. Daphne seems a little put out at this. Pyne tells her that he knows that she is in reality Ernestine
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for a wife. Lady Grayle is annoyed that Pyne is on the boat, having been assured that her party would be the only people on board. Pamela is not sympathetic to her aunt's complaints, telling Sir George that his wife's claims of illness are fraudulent and feeling appreciative of the problems Miss
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to marvel at the view. When they reach their destination, Carver points out to Carol that she has lost one of her earrings. She is certain that she had it when she reached the plateau. At that moment, Carver had seen it was loose again and had screwed it in for her. They search the ground around
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of 1 January 1935 said, "The stories are sufficiently varied, both as to scene and as to plot, to afford this new detective the widest possible scope for his abilities. Parker Pyne can never supplant Hercule Poirot in the hearts of Agatha Christie's admirers, but he is a welcome addition to her
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of the area. This talk prompts a discussion on the nature of honesty, the suggestiveness of people and the riches accumulated by Mr. Blundell. These riches are demonstrated in part by the expensive pearl earrings worn by his daughter, and which keep coming loose. Pyne detects an undercurrent of
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in the air. At the end of the carriage, Roberts spots the sleeping conductor and his discarded jacket and cap. Disguising himself as that official, he gets Vassilievitch to open his door. Roberts pushes past him, locks the Russian out and unties the bound and gagged girl. They wait in the man's
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Asked for ideas, Daphne admits that she has heard that the Dortheimers are going to be having a party on the coming Wednesday and she needs some exhibition dancers. After she has left the office, Pyne calls in Claude Luttrell and Madeleine de Sara and tells them that they are going to be famous
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that he carries to take imprints from carvings. The comments made about the suggestiveness of people prompted him to tell Carol that the jewel was loose and to offer to fix it back into place. In fact, this was a pretext to take the jewel from her. He was planning to use the enormous price the
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who uses women. He promises to reform and keep Maria updated with his progress with an annual advert in the personal column. It turns out that this confession was also planned and the advert arranged by Pyne to give a lasting romance to Maria. Pyne is satisfied that he has successfully saved a
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Parker Pyne receives an original problem from his latest customer: Mrs. Abner Rymer is the widow of a man who worked out a new engineering process which made him a rich man. She was a farmgirl who was courted by Rymer and married him when they had no money and lived through years of gruelling
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Pyne meets with Bonnington again. The plans were successfully transferred and he admits to giving his courier another more embellished story as a gun would seem too mundane. Three agents of the other side meet in Paris, annoyed that their plans failed and they blame each other for their loss.
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The next day Mrs Peters is delighted when Willard is returned but shocked to see that his liberator is Mr Thompson. The man explains that overhearing the conversation on the night of the first ransom note between Pyne and Mrs Peters, he followed them and listened to everything they said. The
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in thirty minutes time. She does so, and he hands all of her jewellery back to her. He refuses to say how he recovered it. He leaves the hotel and goes to a café where Edward Jeffries joins him by appointment. It was Jeffries who received Pyne's telegram and handed the jewels back.
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and call at a house named "Eaglemont." In Friar's Lane, Wilbraham hears cries for help and going into an empty house sees a young blond-haired, blue-eyed woman being attacked by two black men. He fights them off and takes the young lady for a coffee to help her get over her attack.
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and announcing himself as none other than Parker Pyne. They meet in secret so as not to arouse suspicions, should she be being watched. Pyne advises her to just wait for the second set of instructions. On their way back into the hotel, they bump into Mr. Thompson...
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her leave when she wishes to. When Elsie returns, Pyne asks her to sort through her belongings. She does so and finds that her jewellery is missing. The Slavic woman is detained in Venice, but the jewels are not found on her and she has to be released. On the way to
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seedy nightclub. In the club, he finds a slightly drunken Captain Smethurst. Smethurst seems depressed, but is vague as to the reason why. He claims that he does not "like to go back on a pal". Pyne introduces his profession, glibly announcing that he is a sort of "
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earring would fetch to finance an archaeological expedition. Pyne replies by informing him that this plan would not have worked. The pearl is worthless, and Blundell's boasting of his riches the previous night was bluff. His fortune has been badly affected in the
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that will traverse the wastes in some thirty-six hours instead of the months that the trip used to take. There are various other people sharing the journey including the young attractive Netta Pryce and her austere aunt; three
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but doesn't see what she expected to see there. Going to the restaurant car again, she is placed on the same table as the owner of the case and strikes up a conversation with him. She asks him if he is the same Parker Pyne of
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Schlagal suspects Lady Esther of the murder, seeing insanity in her eyes and in her manner. Pyne knows of Lady Esther's parents and of her family. Insanity has been a curse for them for several generations.
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poisoning. Remembering when he saw the victim earlier on burning a letter in the lounge cabin, Pyne hurries there and retrieves a scrap of paper which has "...chet of dreams. Burn this!" written on it.
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train from London to Geneva and a hotel where he will receive further instructions. He is not told the true nature of what he is carrying but that it is a cryptogram revealing the hiding place of the
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accusation on any innocent person. The point before Venice is the only time on the journey that the jewels could be taken and thrown into water, and not end up in land where they could be found.
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Mr. Roberts sits at home reading a book. Pyne sends onto him a cheque for fifty pounds with thanks from "certain people". Mr. Roberts is more than satisfied that he has had his bit of adventure.
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of him being alone in London, "amusing" himself. A war of nerves breaks out between the couple, but Madeleine tells him to keep calm – at this rate, all will be well in less than a fortnight.
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the money, as Pyne predicted. He has already lined up one of his associates, a good-looking young man called Claude Lutterell, and he tells her that she will receive instructions tomorrow.
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events, but her face showed how much she missed the everyday life of ordinary people. He promises to help her convince people of her innocence and effect a reunion with Herr Shlagal.
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would be the best time." She cannot imagine what is going to happen to her when the train reaches this point. Pyne checks when they will arrive at Venice, and promises to help.
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two days previously, and has been unconscious ever since. She will soon be up and about. She should not worry about her work, as a Mrs Roberts has been helping Mrs Gardner.
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reconciled. At the same time, Maria has grown closer to Claude who breaks off his relationship with her and confesses the shame of his past to her as a
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tether, Maria sees Parker Pyne's advertisement in the personal column of the paper which reads: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne."
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compartment until the next morning and upon arrival in Paris go on an extended run through the city in a bid to shake off any pursuers.
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in the ancient walls and none of them is called the Baghdad gate. Christie also referenced the poem in naming her final written work,
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for the past year and her fortune has been safe and actually improved in the interim. He asks her a simple question: "Are you happy?"
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at Eton and recognised him. He did not give him away instantly, as he had a case of hero worship for the man when he was younger.
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The next day they are almost at the appointed spot when there is a cry of "Fire!" The two rush out into the corridor where a
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Major Charles Wilbraham calls at Parker Pyne's office. He has recently returned after many years in the service of the
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As promised, he returns the next night but finds a note from Freda asking him to join her at "Whitefriars." He buys a
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and in a slit in the lining of her father's old chest find a document which the Major recognises as being written in
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and dines with him. He enquires after a striking house that he saw just outside the town on a visit to the tomb of
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Olga. After Mr. Roberts has gone, the Grand Duchess, aka Madeleine de Sara, in reality Maggie Sayers, goes home to
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new husband is never to know of her previous life. Pyne agrees and leaves another satisfied client behind him.
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officers called O'Rourke, Loftus and Williamson; a Mr Hensley of the Baghdad public works department; an old
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copy made and pawned the real ring for money to pay off her debts, the paste being sent to Lady Dortheimer.
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flown on the first leg on the journey by a young German pilot called Herr Schlagal. Disappointed with the
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for two weeks. She is on her way to join him. One week ago, in his study, she found a piece of
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again with illustrations by Marshall Frantz. The first story was not individually named.
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called Captain Smethurst; General Poli, an Italian; and an Armenian mother and her son.
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the body. She is given a cup of coffee to drink, and then falls asleep...
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and bought his identity for twenty thousand pounds. Smethurst was his
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A Deadly Affair: Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery
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that Pyne examines and declares to be worth at least two thousand
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A young, attractive woman named Elsie Jeffries boards the
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A Talent to Deceive – an appreciation of Agatha Christie
1631:: second edition (pages 82 and 87) Scholar Press. 1994.
1618:. Dragonby Press (second edition) March 1999 (page 15).
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transfer the soul of a person into the body of another
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magazine (issue number 562) under the sub-heading of
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1616:Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions
2488:The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
747:Parker Pyne is still in the orient on his way to
1614:Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon.
1529:were all first published in issue 482 of Nash's
44:Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
2537:Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
1545:. Again, Marshall Frantz's illustrations from
1541:appeared under the slightly abridged title of
562:season in Spring, walks in the Summer and the
27:1934 short story collection by Agatha Christie
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1372:Are You Happy? If Not Consult Mr. Parker Pyne
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767:Arriving in Shiraz on the second day of the
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1160:The Case of the Discontented Soldier (1982)
974:s issue of 18 November 1934, "Torquemada" (
395:for her to be fixed. Instead, Daphne had a
2944:Short story collections by Agatha Christie
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710:whilst the other passengers were asleep.
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2544:Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
1629:Detective Fiction – the collector's guide
1586:August 1932, then in 1934 in anthologies
1491:were all first published in issue 481 of
1364:all appeared in the August 1932 issue of
1307:, Paperback, (Penguin number 932), 190 pp
1392:all appeared in the April 1933 issue of
1297:(New York), Paperback, (Dell number 550
2558:While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
1728:at the official Agatha Christie website
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1568:July 1933; then in 1934 in anthologies
1057:The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (1982)
162:is a short story collection written by
2509:The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
1533:in July 1933 under the sub-heading of
1495:in June 1933 under the sub-heading of
1467:: First published in issue 503 of the
1374:with illustrations by Marshall Frantz.
1021:Two of the stories in the collection,
383:and lost a great deal of money in the
229:when they were first published in the
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2252:The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
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1473:in November 1932 under the title of
1451:The Case of the Discontented Husband
1423:The Case of the Discontented Soldier
1358:The Case of the Discontented Husband
1346:The Case of the Discontented Soldier
1027:The Case of the Discontented Soldier
659:Parker Pyne is on a vacation in the
419:The Case of the Discontented Husband
303:The Case of the Discontented Soldier
202:(7/6) and the US edition at $ 2.00.
180:but instead appeared as part of the
2813:Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
1652:American Tribute to Agatha Christie
1053:for other episodes in the series).
953:Literary significance and reception
335:They go to her room in lodgings in
299:marriage (at a profit to himself).
194:. The UK edition retailed at seven
2782:Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
2495:Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
1535:More Arabian Nights of Parker Pyne
1453:: First published in issue 616 of
1439:: First published in issue 615 of
1425:: First published in issue 614 of
1411:: First published in issue 613 of
1017:Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
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2523:The Golden Ball and Other Stories
1564:April 1933, and in the UK by the
1497:The Arabian Nights of Parker Pyne
1481:Have You Got Everything You Want?
1378:Have You Got Everything You Want?
1033:in 1982 as part of their series,
579:Have You Got Everything You Want?
166:and first published in the UK by
125:256 pp (first edition, hardcover)
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1409:The Case of the Middle-aged Wife
1310:1962, Fontana Books (Imprint of
1023:The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
316:as he thinks her something of a
277:The Case of the Middle-aged Wife
117:Print (hardback & paperback)
2845:Agatha and the Midnight Murders
2502:The Under Dog and Other Stories
1888:The Mysterious Affair at Styles
1582:: First published in the US in
1437:The Case of the Distressed Lady
1350:The Case of the Distressed Lady
367:The Case of the Distressed Lady
235:in 1935 and 1936 respectively.
2837:Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2829:Agatha and the Truth of Murder
1663:The New York Times Book Review
960:The New York Times Book Review
755:. He is taking the route by a
604:soul, who has been working in
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2900:Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
2775:The Mousetrap and Other Plays
1937:The Mystery of the Blue Train
170:in November 1934. Along with
2939:1934 short story collections
2516:Double Sin and Other Stories
2294:By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1979:Murder on the Orient Express
1805:Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
1627:John Cooper and B. A. Pyke.
1333:First publication of stories
1321:Edition, Hardcover, 299 pp,
2949:William Collins, Sons books
2618:Witness for the Prosecution
1923:The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
532:Antrobus will be needed...
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2747:Come, Tell Me How You Live
2049:Hercule Poirot's Christmas
1986:Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1951:The Murder at the Vicarage
1825:Chief Inspector James Japp
1810:Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent
1580:The Case of the Rich Woman
1465:The Case of the City Clerk
1362:The Case of the Rich Woman
1354:The Case of the City Clerk
739:. He has escaped justice.
522:The Case of the Rich Woman
444:The Case of the City Clerk
191:Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective
135:Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
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2384:The Rose and the Yew Tree
1909:The Man in the Brown Suit
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1710:2022, William Morrow US
1677:18 November 1934 (Page 8)
1592:Mr Parker Pyne, Detective
1574:Mr Parker Pyne, Detective
1493:Nash's Pall Mall Magazine
988:References to other works
219:in 1939 in the US and in
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33:Parker Pyne Investigates
2821:The Unicorn and the Wasp
2799:Agatha Christie Memorial
2583:And Then There Were None
2460:Parker Pyne Investigates
2077:One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
2063:And Then There Were None
1725:Parker Pyne Investigates
1665:1 January 1935 (Page 12)
1588:Parker Pyne Investigates
1570:Parker Pyne Investigates
1339:Parker Pyne Investigates
1273:played Madeleine de Sara
1151:played George Packington
1035:The Agatha Christie Hour
964:gallery of characters."
957:The unnamed reviewer in
936:have a friend of his in
213:were later collected in
168:William Collins and Sons
159:Parker Pyne Investigates
2715:Butter in a Lordly Dish
2481:The Labours of Hercules
2391:A Daughter's a Daughter
2182:They Do It with Mirrors
2098:The Body in the Library
1944:The Seven Dials Mystery
1902:The Murder on the Links
1820:Captain Arthur Hastings
1337:Nine of the stories in
1206:played Major Wilbraham
1144:played Maria Packington
454:absent-minded professor
222:Problem at Pollensa Bay
207:Problem at Pollensa Bay
2590:Appointment with Death
2453:The Listerdale Mystery
2432:The Mysterious Mr Quin
2322:Elephants Can Remember
2308:Passenger to Frankfurt
2126:Death Comes as the End
2042:Appointment with Death
1916:The Secret of Chimneys
1509:In the House at Shiraz
1505:At the Gate of Baghdad
1431:Adventure – By Request
1192:played Mr. Parker Pyne
1137:played Claude Luttrell
1087:played Mr. Parker Pyne
1050:The Listerdale Mystery
995:twice quotes the poem
663:, and is currently in
428:, payable in advance.
186:Dodd, Mead and Company
173:The Listerdale Mystery
2551:The Harlequin Tea Set
2439:The Thirteen Problems
2238:Cat Among the Pigeons
2161:A Murder Is Announced
2014:Murder in Mesopotamia
1958:The Sittaford Mystery
1800:Superintendent Battle
1706:from bibliography in
1501:On the Orient Express
1415:of 8 October 1932 as
1213:played Ariadne Oliver
2646:The Unexpected Guest
2530:Poirot's Early Cases
2377:Absent in the Spring
2224:4.50 from Paddington
2210:Hickory Dickory Dock
2196:A Pocket Full of Rye
2168:They Came to Baghdad
1895:The Secret Adversary
1815:Sir Henry Clithering
1527:The Oracle at Delphi
1390:The Oracle at Delphi
1314:), Paperback, 158 pp
1156:played Nancy Purvis
976:Edward Powys Mathers
902:The Oracle at Delphi
697:confidence trickster
477:Romanov crown jewels
411:replaced by Claude.
2754:Star Over Bethlehem
2474:The Regatta Mystery
2418:Poirot Investigates
2370:Unfinished Portrait
2266:A Caribbean Mystery
2231:Ordeal by Innocence
2203:Destination Unknown
2000:Death in the Clouds
1489:The House at Shiraz
1485:The Gate of Baghdad
1417:The Woman Concerned
1382:The House at Shiraz
1282:Publication history
1278:played Second Thug
1256:played English Rose
1123:played a Beautician
1001:James Elroy Flecker
993:The Gate of Baghdad
743:The House at Shiraz
655:The Gate of Baghdad
216:The Regatta Mystery
211:The Regatta Mystery
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2740:The Road of Dreams
2653:Go Back for Murder
2597:Murder on the Nile
2467:Murder in the Mews
2446:The Hound of Death
2273:At Bertram's Hotel
2175:Mrs McGinty's Dead
2147:Taken at the Flood
2084:Evil Under the Sun
2021:Cards on the Table
2007:The A.B.C. Murders
1965:Peril at End House
1566:Pall Mall Magazine
1539:The Pearl of Price
1531:Pall Mall Magazine
1519:The Pearl of Price
1317:1978, Ulverscroft
1251:played Head Waiter
1244:played Freda Clegg
1237:played Mrs. Benson
1130:played Miss Draper
1044:The Hound of Death
1029:, were adapted by
802:The Pearl of Price
178:Collins Crime Club
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2883:Ashfield, Torquay
2824:(2008 TV episode)
2425:Partners in Crime
2189:After the Funeral
2133:Sparkling Cyanide
2112:The Moving Finger
2035:Death on the Nile
1993:Three Act Tragedy
1972:Lord Edgware Dies
1686:Barnard, Robert.
1558:Death on the Nile
1523:Death on the Nile
1475:The £10 Adventure
1459:His Lady's Affair
1455:Woman's Pictorial
1441:Woman's Pictorial
1427:Woman's Pictorial
1413:Woman's Pictorial
1386:Death on the Nile
1223:played First Thug
1199:played Miss Lemon
1196:Angela Easterling
1094:played Miss Lemon
1091:Angela Easterling
1064:7 September 1982
1031:Thames Television
997:Gates of Damascus
855:Death on the Nile
671:from Damascus to
569:power of attorney
494:The duo fly from
458:League of Nations
250:Plot introduction
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148:Three Act Tragedy
106:Publication place
60:Cover artist
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2853:See How They Run
2816:(2004 docudrama)
2768:An Autobiography
2708:Three Blind Mice
2686:television plays
2301:Hallowe'en Party
2217:Dead Man's Folly
2105:Five Little Pigs
1830:Miss Jane Marple
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143:Followed by
130:Preceded by
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633:Tokatlian Hotel
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182:Collins Mystery
164:Agatha Christie
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2259:The Clocks
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1174:T.R. Bowen
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