Poirot's Early Cases : 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie

Poirot's Early Cases : 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie

Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Mystery, Detective and mystery stories, Unabridged Audio - Fiction, Audiobooks, English, Traditional British, Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
ISBN: 9780002313124
Publisher: The Audio Partners, Mystery Masters
Published: 2010-01-14T15:00:00+00:00


He said it was without doubt an apoplexy, explained the man. But when the doctor arrived, the patient was past help.

Mr John Wilson, to whom I was presented by Mademoiselle Virginie, was what was known in those days as a regular John Bull Englishman, middle-aged and burly. His account, delivered in very British French, was substantially the same.

'Droulard went very red in the face, and down he fell.' There was nothing further to be found out there. Next I went to the scene of the tragedy, the study, and was left alone there at my own request. So far there was nothing to support MademoiseIle Mesnard's theory. I could not but believe that it was a delusion on her part. Evidently she had entertained a romantic passion for the dead man which had not permitted her to take a normal view of the case. Nevertheless, I searched the study with meticulous care. It was just possible that a.hypodermic needle might have been introduced into the dead man's chair in such a way as to allow of a fatal injection. The minute puncture it would cause was likely to remain unnoticed. But I could discover no sign to support that theory. I flung myself down in the chair with a gesture of despair.



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