They Do It With Mirrors (AKA Murder with Mirrors) by Agatha Christie

Author:Agatha Christie [Agatha Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
ISBN: 9780006165590
Published: 1952-07-14T14:00:00+00:00

Serrocold waved it aside impatiently.

‘Sheer childishness. He had no intention of harming me.’

‘Not with these two bullet holes in the wall? He shot at you, didn’t he?’

‘He didn’t mean to hit me. It was play-acting, no more.’

‘Rather a dangerous form of play-acting, Mr Serrocold.’

‘You don’t understand. You must talk to our psychia-trist, Dr Maverick. Edgar is an illegitimate child. He has consoled himself for his lack of a father and a humble origin by pretending to himself that he is the son of a celebrated man. It’s a well-known phenomenon, I assure you. He was improving, improving very much. Then, for some reason, he had a set-back. He identified me as his “father” and made a melodramatic attack, waving a revolver and uttering threats. I was not in the least alarmed. When he had actually fired the revolver, he broke down and sobbed and Dr Maverick took him away and gave him a sedative. He’ll probably be quite normal tomorrow morning.’ ‘You don’t wish to bring a charge against him?’ ‘That would be the worst thing possible - for him, I mean.’ ‘Frankly, Mr Serrocold, it seems to me he ought to be under restraint. People who go about firing off revolvers to bolster up their egos -I One has to think of the community, you know.’ ‘Talk to Dr Maverick on the subject,’ urged Lewis.

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