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Thursday, November 27, 2014

[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Foreword

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It was almost certainly because of her dissatisfaction with Alibi, someone else’s stage adaption in 1928 of her novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, that my grandmother Agatha Christie decided to write a play of her own, which is something she had not previously attempted.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 1

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Hercule Poirot sat at breakfast in his small but agreeably cosy flat in Whitehall Mansions. He had enjoyed his brioche and his cup of hot chocolate.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 2

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Sir Claud Amory’s house, Abbot’s Cleve, stood just on the outskirts of the small town – or rather overgrown village – of Market Cleve, about twenty-five miles south-east of London.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 3

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Lucia forced a smile as Barbara Amory approached her. ‘Yes, thank you, darling,’ she replied. ‘I’m perfectly all right. Really.’

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 4

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Dr Carelli stepped forward quickly, and picked up the tube Barbara had dropped. Glancing at it before handing it back to her with a polite bow, he exclaimed,

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 5

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Consternation greeted Sir Claud’s announcement. Lucia uttered a low cry, and her husband stared at her intently.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 6

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Stunned silence followed Hercule Poirot’s statement. Dr Carelli continued his examination of Sir Claud for a few moments before straightening himself and turning to the others. Addressing Richard Amory, ‘I am afraid your father is dead,’ he confirmed.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 7

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As soon as the room was empty, Hastings addressed Poirot eagerly. ‘Well, what do you think?’ he asked.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 8

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I

When Hastings came down to breakfast late the following morning, after having slept long and well, he found himself eating alone.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 9

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Poirot surveyed his friend with an amused twinkle in his eye. ‘How dramatic you are, my dear Hastings!’ he exclaimed. ‘With what swiftness and brilliance you leap to conclusions!’

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 10

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The door opened, and Barbara Amory entered the room cautiously. Taking a chair from near the wall, she placed it in front of the bookcase, climbed on it, and reached for the tin box containing the drugs.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 11

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Putting his Gladstone bag on the coffee table, Dr Graham crossed to the settee and sat down. ‘I’m afraid this is a bad business, Monsieur Poirot,’ he announced to the detective.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 12

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When Carelli had left the room, Hastings stared after him for a few moments. ‘I say, Poirot,’ he asked finally, ‘what do you think he meant by that?’

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 13

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After seeing Miss Amory out, Poirot turned his attention to Edward Raynor. ‘Now, Monsieur Raynor,’ he said as he gestured the secretary to a chair, ‘let me hear what you have to tell me.’

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 14

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Back in the library, it was only after Hastings, propelled by Hercule Poirot, had made his unwilling exit into the garden that the little detective turned his attention again to Lucia Amory, first taking care to close the french windows.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 15

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Fifteen minutes later, Inspector Japp, accompanied by Johnson, a young constable, had finished his initial inspection of the library.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 16

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After Barbara’s exit with Hastings into the garden, the library remained unoccupied for no longer than a moment or two.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 17

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A few minutes later, when the Amory family began to assemble in the library, Carelli was still seated on the settee, looking rather sullen, while Poirot continued to hover by the french windows.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 18

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In answer to Poirot’s call, Barbara Amory appeared outside the french windows. ‘What is it? Has something else happened?’ she asked.

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[Black Coffee -Agatha Christie] Chapter 19

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‘We will come at once,’ Poirot replied. Followed by Hastings, he walked to the door, as Raynor entered the library and crossed to the fireplace.

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