Ingots of Gold: A Miss Marple Short Story
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Agatha Christie. Ingots of Gold: A Miss Marple Short Story
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INGOTS OF GOLD
A Short Story
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‘No. My village is called Polperran. It is situated on the west coast of Cornwall; a very wild and rocky spot. I had been introduced a few weeks previously and had found him a most interesting companion. A man of intelligence and independent means, he was possessed of a romantic imagination. As a result of his latest hobby he had taken the lease of Pol House. He was an authority on Elizabethan times, and he described to me in vivid and graphic language the rout of the Spanish Armada. So enthusiastic was he that one could almost imagine that he had been an eyewitness at the scene. Is there anything in reincarnation? I wonder – I very much wonder.’
‘You are so romantic, Raymond dear,’ said Miss Marple, looking benignantly at him.
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