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Dumb Witness
CHAPTER 1. The Mistress of Littlegreen House
CHAPTER 2. The Relations
CHAPTER 3. The Accident
CHAPTER 4. Miss Arundell Writes a Letter
CHAPTER 5. Hercule Poirot Receives a Letter
CHAPTER 6. We Go to Littlegreen House
CHAPTER 7. Lunch at the George
CHAPTER 8. Interior of Littlegreen House
CHAPTER 9. Reconstruction of the Dog’s Ball Incident
CHAPTER 10. Visit to Miss Peabody
CHAPTER 11. Visit to the Misses Tripp
CHAPTER 12. Poirot Discusses the Case
CHAPTER 13. Theresa Arundell
CHAPTER 14. Charles Arundell
CHAPTER 15. Miss Lawson
CHAPTER 16. Mrs Tanios
CHAPTER 17. Dr Tanios
CHAPTER 18. ‘A Wolf in the Manger’
CHAPTER 19. Visit to Mr Purvis
CHAPTER 20. Second Visit to Littlegreen House
CHAPTER 21. The Chemist; The Nurse; The Doctor
CHAPTER 22. The Woman on the Stairs
CHAPTER 23. Dr Tanios Calls on Us
CHAPTER 24. Theresa’s Denial
CHAPTER 25. I Lie Back and Reflect
CHAPTER 26. Mrs Tanios Refuses to Speak
CHAPTER 27. Visit of Dr Donaldson
CHAPTER 28. Another Victim
CHAPTER 29. Inquest at Littlegreen House
CHAPTER 30. The Last Word
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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[1] 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[2] 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[3]’, to Mrs Lamphrey at the post office, who repeated ad nauseam[4] that ‘there’s something behind it, depend upon it! You mark my words.’
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‘An expression. Meaning that I will permit you to enjoy yourself by telling me just where I have been a fool.’
‘Not a fool, Hastings, merely unobservant.’
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