She tells them that Reedburn held a secret of hers and threatened her but she did not kill him. The key is missing from the lock of the door and Japp supposes that this was the murderer's error in trying to make the murder look like suicide. At Bristol the maid, Jane Mason, received a surprise: Mrs Carrington told her to wait at the station for a few hours. Poirot sends a letter to Rosebank to provoke a response from the next of kin, and he duly receives a reply from Mary Delafontaine, the dead woman's niece, saying that his services are no longer required. When she was being given these instructions, Mason could see the back of a tall man in Mrs Carrington's compartment. Fifteen stories were directly adapted, while one story was merged into another episode, and two stories were reworked by the author, with new titles, which were then adapted for television in the series. His mood brightens when Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughn - the veiled Lady of the title - asks him to recover from her blackmailer some indiscreet letters written in her youth. [1] The book retailed at £2.25. It was Simpson in disguise who had approached her in the street. Poirot puts this offer to Lord Alloway, without mentioning any names, and leaves. The next day, Poirot and Hastings learn that Vincent died, after he jumped from the moving train on the way home. Poirot returns just before the appointed time to find Langton leaving, the nest still intact. His wife cursed him before she died that no first-born son of his descendants should ever inherit. Poirot and Pearson leave the den quietly. Poirot though is puzzled: the door to the cabin was locked from within and he cannot see a reason why Mrs Clapperton would open it to a bead seller, nor why such a person would murder her and lay himself so open to suspicion. Hugo is placed in an asylum, where he dies. Having seen signs of Harrison's hatred for Langton, Poirot surmised that Harrison was planning to commit suicide and make it appear that Langton had killed him, ensuring that his rival would be hanged for murder. As they examine the room Hastings puzzled as to why Poirot sniffed the air so keenly and also why he examined so carefully a handkerchief lodged up Protheroe's right sleeve. The IMDb staff came together to round up their favorite crime movies, shows, and documentaries. Only one of the clues was genuine and the other a mistake. Poirot is called in by Marcus Hardman, a collector of various antique precious objects, to investigate a jewel robbery. Poirot asks when Langton is returning and is told nine o'clock that evening. Her will leaves everything to her estranged husband who was away from town at the time of the tragedy. Poirot examines the grass outside the study window and finds no trace of footprints, even though it rained earlier in the evening. Poirot despairs at the lack of crime - and work - concluding that he, Hercule Poirot, has scared off the criminal classes. Poirot witnessed the early signs of Langton's romance with Molly Deane being rekindled and Harrison leaving a Harley Street consultant having obviously been given bad news. Madame Déroulard died a week later of her infirmities. Poirot examines the scene of the crime and finds a man's glove holding the safe open and a cigarette case with the initials "BP". Poirot has the missing king of clubs, having taken it from the card box before at the Oglander house. He finds that one of them, a young bank clerk called Charles Lester, was the man who called for Wu Ling at his hotel on the morning of the disappearance. It is then he remembers the garden. Harrison seems to be fine and Poirot hopes that he is not feeling any ill-effects of having digested the harmless washing soda that he consumed. Valerie Saint Clair is an actress, unlike in the short story, where she is a dancer. Colonel Clapperton jumps up and promptly collapses, dead of a heart attack. She is convinced that his death three days earlier was not natural. He thought Wu Ling made his own way to London where he booked into the Hotel Russell Square and telephoned the company to say that he would see them the next day. Mr Pearson was to meet Wu Ling at the train in Southampton but the train was delayed, so Pearson left. Also, Poirot employed a private detective to act like a tramp near Hardman's house to throw Hastings and miss Lemon on the wrong clue. A couple named Parker were staying in the house. His motive was self-preservation as it was he who had been supplying Courtenay with drugs and Cronshaw was on the point of finding out and exposing him. His mood brightens when Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughn - the veiled Lady of the title - asks him to recover from her blackmailer some indiscreet letters written in her youth. The servant retrieves the empty box. The prince is afraid that Valerie interpreted this to mean Reedburn, and attacked him. On their fourth day there, Poirot receives a note from the theatrical agent Joseph Aarons who asks him to travel to Charlock Bay on the north Devon coast as he needs to consult him on a matter. Poirot considers his mistakes. Submarine Plans was extended into The Incredible Theft, which aired 26 February 1989 as the eighth episode of series one. Donovan wanted to marry Pat but his previous marriage was stopping him. Inspector Rice questions them and tells them that Mrs Grant was shot with an automatic pistol some five hours earlier in the kitchen. Attending the committal hearing, Poirot invites Radnor back to his flat where he produces a written confession for the man to sign. Their plan was to pass suspicion on to Mr Kane and have Poirot and Hastings as two duped witnesses. Poirot is called in to investigate the kidnapping of three-year-old Johnnie Waverly, the son of Marcus Waverly, from his home, Waverly Court in Surrey. Poirot rushes back to Clapham with Hastings and explains matters on the way. However, Katrina does not appear to benefit from Miss Barrowby's death, and would, in fact, have been out of a job. The adaptation had a few changes. They meet Freda Stanton and Jacob Radnor and discover that the couple is engaged, and that the cause of the row between Freda and her aunt was the older woman's own infatuation with Radnor, a far younger man. The latter was crying and asked Chris Davidson to take her home to her flat in Chelsea. He has cotton wool, chloroform and a post-kidnap note ready to plant. Os seus caminhos cruzaram-se com Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple e Sir Denis Nayland Smith. Mason comes to confirm the facts of her part of the story. These include a bank clerk (Mr Davis) who disappears with fifty thousand pounds of securities, a suicidal man and a missing typist. Mrs Carrington had been chloroformed and then stabbed and the jewels were missing. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? 1994; Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, "David Suchet – "There will be no more Poirots – the moustache is hung up, The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poirot%27s_Early_Cases&oldid=1017404609, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The protagonist in Margaret Atwood's "Giving Birth" reads. and they talk of Harrison's engagement to a girl called Molly Deane who was previously engaged to Langton. Leonard Weardale was busy with the maid at the time of the supposed theft and Lady Weardale could not be the thief as she needed ten minutes to get the plans back, whereas she would need a lot less time if she had taken them and hidden them. Radnor is described as "just a friend" and a "very pleasant young fellow". They were about to announce a legal separation. Also, Charles Lester has a wife who visited Poirot, unlike in the short story, the fact about his status is unknown. Poirot goes to Lavington's house the next day. He still failed to appear at the offices throughout the day. Eliza had immediately taken the train north and a couple of days later received her belongings from Clapham, although wrapped in paper parcels and not in her old trunk, which she supposes had been kept behind by Mrs Todd in a fit of pique. In the latter days of the First World War, Poirot and Hastings dine at the Carlton where they meet Captain Vincent Lemesurier and his uncle Hugo, a chemist. Chief Inspector Japp asks Poirot to assist Scotland Yard in the strange events which took place at a recent costumed Victory Ball. By mistake one card was left in the box. A shamefaced Mr Waverly confesses to Poirot and reveals that the child was presently with his former nurse. Clegg admits that when she found him in the morning, she judged Parker to be the cause, so she changed the pistol to his right hand to throw suspicion on the blackmailer to bring him to justice; however, she neglected to change the handkerchief up the right sleeve over to the left sleeve as well. Able to deal out hands of exact suits to the others, the Colonel makes them realise why he will not play cards – he would be able to cheat and win every time – or at least be suspected of doing so – and it would be better for him not to take part.
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