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And Then They Were None

Author/Context

Agatha Christie, the world's most famous female mystery writer, was born Agatha

Miller in 1890. She was raised uppermiddle !lass in "e#on, the youngest ofthree !hildren. An intelligent !hild, she was tutored at home, ne#er attendingpubli! s!hools. At the age of $%, she married Ar!hie Christie, a &ritish fighterpilot. hile he was off at war, she wor(ed as a nurse in an army hospital. "uringthe war, she began wor(ing on the no#el that would introdu!e the world to hermost famous !hara!ter, &elgian dete!ti#e )er!ule *oirot. She would finish theno#el in 191+, but didn't publish it until 19$0. he no#el -ui!(ly be!ame a bestseller, laun!hing her literary !areer, whi!h would go on to span some eightyno#els and fourteen plays, in!luding 'he Mousetrap, the longestrunning play inhistory. )er se!ond no#el was published in 19$$, and then for e#ery yearafterwards, until her death in 19/, she put out a new boo( e#ery year, (eeping

her on the best seller list for most of her adult life.

n 19$, Agatha Christie disappeared for ten days. t was a huge nationalmystery. She was dis!o#ered in a hotel ten days later, suffering from amnesia.She had been under a lot of stress in her life she was in a diffi!ult marriage andher mother had 2ust died. wo years later she di#or!ed her husband, and twoyears later she was remarried to an assistant ar!haeologist named Ma3Mallowan. Agatha Christie is the bestselling no#elist of all time. She's sold more!opies than any other author, with the e3!eption of the bible. )er assembledboo(s ha#e only been outsold by the bible. She's !onsidered the !reator of themodern mystery story.

And Then There Were None was written during the Se!ond orld ar, whileAgatha was wor(ing as hospital dispenser. t is one of her most famous andsignifi!ant wor(s, !onsidered one of the greatest mysteries e#er written. t waslauded at the time for its near unsol#ability. Christie was famous for her ability towrite in!redibly diffi!ult mysteries without e#er !heating. She ne#er had a!hara!ter lie in their thoughts to purposefully mislead the reader. She too( pridein being honest with he audien!e. At most, all she would do is ha#e a !hara!tersay or thing something that !ould be ta(en two ways if you !ouldn't figure outthe mystery, the !lues would be !learly #isible the se!ond time around on!e you(new who the (iller was.

And Then There Were None was originally titled 'en 4ittle 5iggers', but when itwas published in the 6S, the name was !hanged to 'And hen here ere5one'. n the 0s, during a heightened period of sensiti#ity, the title of the playwas !hanged to 'en 4ittle ndians'. Sin!e then, the play has always been titled'en 4ittle ndians', and the no#el 'And hen here ere 5one'. )er mostpopular no#el, 'And hen here ere 5one' has been has been adapted to thes!reen more than any other of her wor(s, a total of 9 times, in!luding a 7ussian


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#ersion and an ndian #ersion, !omplete with musi!al numbers. he no#el!ontinues to !apture readers' imaginations e#en today.

Plot Summary

ight strangers are lured to the mysterious ndian sland. Some of them belie#esthat they'#e been in#ited by an old friend one that they !an't !onta!t to !onfirmthe in#itation. he rest ha#e been hired by a mysterious employer. n!e theyarri#e at the sland they meet the last two 'guests', the husband and wife butler!oo( team. n ea!h of their rooms is a poem entitled 'en 4ittle ndians' whi!htells the story of ten ndian boys who die in unusual fashions. A !on#ersationbetween two of the guests leads them to reali:e that none of them (now theirhost the mysterious 6. 5. wen. At dinner, they noti!e ten ndian figurines onthe table, mat!hing the poem. After their first dinner, on!e they're all in the

drawingroom, a #oi!e reads out a list of a!!usations against them ea!h one ofthem is a!!used of murdering at least one person, and they ha#e been broughtto the sland to pay for their !rimes. 5o one is sure what to ma(e of there!ording, until Marston ta(es a drin( and dies of Cyanide poisoning. ;ust asthe poem predi!ted.

#eryone goes to bed uneasy, some feeling guilty about the !rimes they'#e!ommitted, others 2ust worried about their safety. n the morning, they dis!o#erthat the !oo( has died in the night as well, although it may ha#e been natural!auses... he boat that is supposed to bring supplies is #ery late, and soon theyreali:e that no one is !oming to ta(e them off the sland. hey noti!e, as well,

that e#ery time someone dies one of the ten !erami! figurines disappear. Ase#eryone begins to suspe!t one another, three of the men de!ide to sear!h thesland to ma(e sure that no one else is hiding on it. After an e3hausti#e sear!h,they dis!o#er that there are definitely only eight people on the sland.


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#eryone de!ides to 2ust sit around, with only one lea#ing at any one time theoreti!ally, they should all be safe that way. =era, the one most wra!(ed byguilt, goes up to her room and is frightened by a strand of seaweed thatrepresents the boy she murdered by drowning. #eryone goes to !he!( on her,and when they return to the drawing room, they dis!o#er that the ;udge has been

murdered but they !an't figure out who had the !han!e to do it. hat night, thee3poli!eman, &lore, hears someone snea(ing out. )e sear!hes the remainingrooms, and dis!o#er that Armstrong, the do!tor, is missing so he must be the(iller.

he ne3t day, 4ombard, &lore and =era, the three remaining guests, wal( aroundthe sland, trying to signal the mainland with a mirror. &lore goes ba!( to the hoefor lun!h, but is !rushed by a falling slab of marble. 4ombard and =era are sure

Armstrong is the murderer until they find his body washed up against somero!(s. #en though e#iden!e has shown that neither of them !ould be the (iller,4ombard and =era don't trust ea!h other. =era steals 4ombard's gun and shoots

him. )appy to finally be safe and alone, and more than a little !ra:y, =era wal(sba!( to the house, and finds that someone has set up a noose in her room.


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Major Characters

Justice Wargrave: )e is a re!ently retired ;udge, lured to the island by a letterfrom a flighty a!-uaintan!e, he is indignant when fa!ed with a!!usations, utterlysure of himself and his a!tions.

Vera Claythorne: She used to be the nanny for an upper!lass family, but her!harge died in a drowning a!!ident under her !are. She was !leared of anyin#ol#ement at an in-uiry, but the (iller has other thoughts on the matter. Aspeople die around her, she begins to lose her mind.

Phillip Lombard:A former Army man, he's sent to the sland by an intermediary,under the story of a!ting as an 'Assistant' for anything his employer might need.n reality, he's 2ust been lured there to fa!e punishment for his in#ol#ement in a5ati#e massa!re in Afri!a.

Emily Brent:A !rot!hety old woman, she goes to the sland for the promise of afree #a!ation, but finds herself a!!used of dri#ing her ser#ant girl to death.

General Macarthur: he >eneral is lured to the sland with the promise thatsome of his old friends are going to be there. hen he arri#es, howe#er, helearns that he's being !alled to ta(e responsibility for a sending a subordinate offto death during wartime.

r! "rmstrong:A popular physi!ian to the 4ondon upper !lass, "r. Armstrong ishired to !ome to the island for a medi!al !onsultation. )e belie#es that he's puthis past behind him, that no one remembers that woman he (illed on the

operating table be!ause he was drun(. f , that's the #ery reason the (iller haslured him to the sland.

#ony Marston:A drun(en ri!h boy, he ran two !hildren o#er with his !ar, andwas punished by ha#ing his li!ense ta(en away for a year. he (iller de!ides thathe hasn't been punished enough.

$ogers: )e and his wife are hired by Mr. wen as the !areta(ers of the sland.hey had murdered their last employer, wanting to !olle!t on their inheritan!e.

Mrs! $ogers: 7ogers' wife. She too( part in the murder of their last employer.

She's been wra!(ed by guilt, and hasn't slept well sin!e.

William Blore:A former poli!e offi!er turned pri#ate dete!ti#e, he was hired towat!h all the other guests on the sland. f !ourse, that was 2ust a story. A!tually,he was lured to the sland be!ause he had framed an inno!ent man for a serious!rime, and the man had died in 2ail.

Minor Characters


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%!& '(en: he pseudonym that the (iller uses to pur!hase the sland and thento lure his #i!tims there.

Constance Culmington:An old friend of argra#e's her name is used onargra#e's in#itation to the sland.

avis: his is the fa(e name and identity that &lore uses when he meets theother guests.

)red &arracott: )e is a Sti!(leha#en lo!al. )e pro#ides ferry ser#i!e to and fromthe sland.

*ir #homas Legge: he lead poli!e offi!er in !harge of the in#estigation into themurders on ndian sland.

+nspector Maine: 4egge's se!ond in !ommand, he has !olle!ted all the e#iden!e

about the murders on ndian sland.

Mr! Morris: he drugdealing !riminal who a!ted as an intermediary for Mr.wen. )e personally hired &lore and 4ombard.

,ugo: Cyril's 6n!le. =era was in lo#e with him she (illed Cyril so that )ugowould inherit the family fortune.

Cyril: =era was hired as his nanny. She murdered him by allowing him to swimout to the ro!(s, (nowing full well that he'd ne#er be able to swim that far.


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Objects/Places

+ndian +sland: he mysterious, isolated estate that all the !hara!ters are lured

to, so that they !an be pi!(ed off, one by one.

*tic-lehaven: he small !oastal town all the guests stop at on their way tondian sland.

Cloc-: his large marble !lo!( seems at first inno!uous, but later it is used tofulfill the eighth se!tion of the rhyme. ts shape is the (ey.

Wool and curtain: ool and !urtain hese are the two stolen items used to!reate argra#e's death s!ene.

*umming up: n &ritish !ourts, after both lawyers ha#e presented their !ases,the 2udge e3plains the #alue of all the e#iden!e, gi#ing the 2udge the opportunityto sway the minds of the 2ury.

,eliographing: his is a method of signaling method that uses a mirror to flashin Morse !ode o#er a long distan!e.

Mar- o. Cain: he mar( that god ga#e Cain to fore#er identify him as amurderer. t was supposedly a mar( in the !enter of the forehead.


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Quotes

?uote 1@Constan!e Culmington, he refle!ted to himself, was e3a!tly the sort of

woman who would buy an island and surround herself with mystery 5odding hishead in gentle appro#al of his logi!, Mr. ;usti!e argra#e allowed his head tonod... )e slept... Chapter 1, pg. B

?uote $@ *eople don't li(e a Coroner's n-uest, e#en is the Coroner did a!-uitme of all blame Chapter 1, pg. %

?uote B@ 5o, there wasn't mu!h he drew the line at. )e fan!ied he was going toen2oy himself at ndian sland Chapter 1, pg. /

?uote %@ #ery one made su!h a fuss o#er things nowadays hey wanted

in2e!tions before they had teeth pulled they too( drugs if they !ouldn't sleep they wanted easy !hairs and !ushions and the girls allowed their figures to slopabout anyhow and lay about half na(ed on the bea!hes in summer. Chapter 1,pg. /

?uote +@ ')e's nearer the day of 2udgment than am' &ut there, as it happens,he was wrong... Chapter 1, pg. 1

?uote @ ?uite unli(e the usual type of man in seaside guest houses. #identlyMrs. or Miss li#er had good !onne!tions... Chapter $, pg. 18

?uote /@ Mr. ;usti!e argra#e loo(ed at him with a!ti#e male#olen!e. )eseemed to be wishing that he !ould order the !ourt to be !leared. Miss mily&rent was not sure if she li(ed !olonials. Chapter $, pg. $B

?uote 8@ At the wheel sat a young man, his hair blown ba!( by the wind. n thebla:e of the e#ening light he loo(ed, not a man, but a young >od, a )ero >odout of some 5orthern Saga... t was a fantasti! moment. n it, Anthony Marstonseemed to be something more than mortal. Afterwards, more than one of thosepresent remembered that moment. Chapter $, pg. $%

?uote 9@ en little ndian boys went out to dine ne !ho(ed his little self, and

then there were nine. 5ine 4ittle ndian boys sat up #ery late ne o#erslepthimself and then there were eight. ight little ndian boys tra#eling in "e#on nesaid he'd stay there and then there were se#en. Se#en little ndian boys !hoppingup sti!(s ne !hopped himself in hal#es then there were si3. Si3 ndian boysplaying with a hi#e A bumblebee stung one then there were fi#e.


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ndian boys sitting in the sun ne got all fri::led up then there was one. nendian boy left all alone )e went and hanged himself and then there were none.Chapter $, pg. B1

?uote 10@ Mr. ;usti!e argra#e thought to himself@ 'ArmstrongD 7emember him

in the witness bo3. =ery !orre!t and !autious. All do!tors are damned fools.)arley Street ones are the worst of the lot.' And his mind dwelt male#olently on are!ent inter#iew he had had with a sua#e personage in that #ery street. Chapter$, pg. B%

?uote 11@ he heathen are sun( down in the pit that they made@ in the net whi!hthey hid is their own foot ta(en. he lord is (nown by the 2udgment whi!h hee3e!uteth@ the wi!(ed is snared in the wor( of his own hands. he wi!(ed shallbe turned into hell. Chapter $, pg. B8

?uote 1$@ mily &rent said@ '*leasant sound.' =era said sharply@ ' hate it.' Miss

&rent's eyes loo(ed at her in surprise. Chapter B, pg. %1

?uote 1B@ *risoners at the bar, ha#e you anything to say in your defen!eDChapter B, pg. %1

?uote 1%@ ?uite right, sir. t was entitled Swan Song... Chapter B, pg. %9

?uote 1+@ 'Eou won't get anything out of that. Might be fingerprints, but doubtit.' argra#e stared at him with sudden attention. Chapter B, pg. +$

?uote 1@ =era !ried@ 'his is fantasti! mad' he 2udge nodded gently. )e

said@ 'h, yes. '#e no doubt in my own mind that we ha#e been in#ited here by amadman probably a dangerous homi!idal lunati!.' Chapter B, pg. +

?uote 1/@ Selfpreser#ation's a man's first duty. And nati#es don't mind dying,you (now. hey don't feel about it as uropeans do. Chapter %, pg. 1

?uote 18@ here is no -uestion of defen!e. ha#e always a!ted in a!!ordan!ewith the di!tates of my !ons!ien!e. ha#e nothing with whi!h to reproa!hmyself. Chapter %, pg.

?uote 19@ he legal life's narrowing 'm all for !rime )ere's to it. Chapter %, pg.

/

?uote $0@ Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all... Chapter +, pg./$

?uote $1@ "eath is for other people. Chapter +, pg. 81


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?uote $$@ She didn't ha#e nothing last night, sir, e3!ept what you ga#e her...Chapter , pg. 8+

?uote $B@ Eou regard it as impossible that a sinner should be stru!( down bythe wrath of >od do not Chpater , pg. 89

?uote $%@ he little elderly spinster was no longer slightly ridi!ulous to =era.Suddenly she was terrible. Chapter /, pg. 101

?uote $+@ Eou'll be glad too, when the end !omes. Chapter 8, pg. 118

?uote $@ &lore said deliberately@ 't wouldn't be the first you'#e made if thatgramophone re!ord is to be belie#ed' Chapter 9, pg. 1$/

?uote $/@ ...he's played >od Almighty for a good many months e#ery year. hatmust go to a man's head e#entually. )e gets to see himself as all powerful, as

holding the power of life and death and it's possible that his brain might snapand he might want to go one step farther and be 3e!utioner and ;udge3traordinary. Chapter 10, pg. 1+$

?uote $8@ "id write thatD "id D must be going mad... Chapter 10, pg. 1+9

?uote $9@ 'And 4andor got penal ser#itude and died in prison.' ' !ouldn't (nowhe was going to die, !ould D' demanded &lore. '5o, that was your bad lu!(.''MineD )is, you mean.' 'Eours, too. &e!ause, as a result of it, it loo(s as thoughyour life is going to be !ut unpleasantly short.' Chapter 11, pg. 1/B

?uote B0@ he damned fool, he belie#ed e#ery word said to him. t was easy.... must be !areful, though, #ery !areful. Chapter 11, pg. 1//

?uote B1@ ne more of us a!-uitted too late Chapter 1$, pg. 18B

?uote B$@ And all of them, suddenly, loo(ed less li(e human beings. hey werere#erted to more bestial types. Chapter 1B, pg. 191

?uote BB@ 'm afraid of death... Ees, but that doesn't stop death !oming...Chapter 1B, pg. 19%

?uote B%@ 4andor had had a wife a thin slip of a woman with a worried fa!e.here'd been a (id too, a girl about fourteen.


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?uote B@ 'Eou !an go to the ro!(, Cyril...' hat was what murder was as easyas that. &ut afterwards, you went on remembering... Chapter 1, pg. $%%

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lately that his old friends had been a#oiding him, do to the re!ent rumors aboutthat thing he was in#ol#ed in, some B0 years ago...

"r. Armstrongdri#es down a !ountry highway, on his way to pro#ide an informalmedi!al !onsultation for wens on ndian sland. 4ife had been good to him

lately, he'd be!ome a popular do!tor with the upper !lass, but he thin(s ba!( to ahorrible in!ident fifteen years ago when he turned his life around, and barelya#oided going to 2ail. )e puts those thoughts out of his head as a Sports Carblasts by him. he dri#er of the Sports Car is ony Marston, who !omplains tohimself about the -uality of nglish roads and dri#ers. )e stops at a !ountry hotelfor a drin(, and ponders his in#itation. )e's not -uite sure who the wens are,be!ause they're new money. )e hopes they (now how to mi3 a good drin(.

illiam )enry &loresits in a train, a!ross from an old sailor. )e's !he!(ing o#er alist of all the people who are going to be on the sland. )e's been hired for some(ind of 2ob, but he's nebulous about what it is. )e tries to figure out what story to

use as a !o#er he de!ides to pretend that he's from South Afri!a, it's doubtfulthat anyone will (now enough to !all him on it. he old seaman a!ross from himwa(es up, and tells him that a storm is !oming, that the day of 2udgment is !loseat hand. &lore thin(s to himself@ ')e's nearer the day of 2udgment than am' &utthere, as it happens, he was wrong... Chapter 1, pg. 1

Chapter 2

mily, argra#e, =era, and 4ombarde3it the train at the same time, and find

ta3is waiting for them. ne dri#er tells them that at although there are two ta3is,at least one person will ha#e to wait behind another train is !oming, bringingmore guests. =era offers to stay and wait, and 4ombard -ui!(ly de!ides to waitwith her, and they introdu!e themsel#es.

mily and argra#e get into the ta3i and tal( for a moment about the weather.mily is impressed that one of the other guests is of su!h high standing@ ?uiteunli(e the usual type of man in seaside guest houses. #idently Mrs. or Missli#er had good !onne!tions... Chapter $, pg. 18. n their !on#ersation, theyboth !laim to ha#e ne#er been to this part of "e#on, and then the ta3i lea#es.

Still waiting at the station, 4ombard and =era also dis!uss the weather and theirfamiliarity with the area. =era is -ui!( to point out that although she's ne#er beento "e#on before, that's only be!ause she hasn't met her employer yet. 4ombardfinds this strange, but =era assures him that it's perfe!tly normal for someone tohire a repla!ement se!retary without meeting them first. hat's what employmentagen!ies are for. =era then as(s 4ombard what the wens are li(e, and he!hanges the sub2e!t, a#oiding an answer until the train pulls into the station.
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Ma!arthur!limbs down off the train and is met by =era, who introdu!es herselfand 4ombard. Ma!arthur is immediately unsure about 4ombard, sensingsomething a little odd about the younger man. hey all !limb into the ta3i, whi!hthen dri#es them down to Sti!(leha#en.

As the ta3i arri#es, e#eryone gets their first glan!e at ndian sland. =era isinstantly wary about it, noting that it's -uite far out, and the only thing #isible isthe faint outline of an ndian's head. aiting outside an inn are argra#e andmily, as well as a third man, "a#is. "a#is introdu!es himself to the new!omers,announ!ing that he's from South Afri!a. mily and argra#e ha#e !learly hadabout all of "a#is that they !an ta(e@ Mr. ;usti!e argra#e loo(ed at him witha!ti#e male#olen!e. )e seemed to be wishing that he !ould order the !ourt to be!leared. Miss mily &rent was not sure if she li(ed !olonials. Chapter $, pg. $B

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6pstairs, e#eryone is preparing for dinner. Marston is ta(ing a bath and thin(ing#ery little. &loreis struggling with a tie, worried about his 2ob. "id anyone suspe!twhat he was really there forD Ma!arthur is wary as well, unsure about e#erything,he !onsiders ma(ing some e3!use and 2ust lea#ing the ne3t day. )e's also #erysuspi!ious of 4ombard. 4ombard, on the other hand, is happy to be on the sland.

)e lea#es his room 'smoothly and noiselessly', ready to en2oy his wee(.

mily sits alone in her room, reading her bible. She !omes to a parti!ularlysignifi!ant passage@ he heathen are sun( down in the pit that they made@ in thenet whi!h they hid is their own foot ta(en. he lord is (nown by the 2udgmentwhi!h he e3e!uteth@ the wi!(ed is snared in the wor( of his own hands. hewi!(ed shall be turned into hell. Chapter $, pg. B8

Chapter 3

#eryone is finishing a fine dinner. hey're tal(ing politely and generally ha#ing agood time. Marstonnoti!es the table's strange !enterpie!e. t is a !ir!ular glassstand, with ten !hina figurines in the shape of ndians. =eramentions the nurseryrhyme framed in her room e#eryone else -ui!(ly mentions that ea!h of themhas a framed nursery rhyme as well. =era finds the whole thing amusing, whileargra#edismisses it as '!hildish'.

milyand =era mo#e into the drawingroom, where the sound of the wa#eshitting ro!(s below is audible. mily &rent said@ '*leasant sound.' =era saidsharply@ ' hate it.' Miss &rent's eyes loo(ed at her in surprise. Chapter B, pg. %1.

=era !o#ers her !omment by !laiming that she meant it must be an awful pla!eto be in a storm. mily agrees, and suggests that Mrs. li#er must ha#e a hardtime getting ser#ants. =era !orre!ts her, mentioning that the hostess' name iswen. mily replies that she's ne#er met anyone named wen in her life.

&efore =era !an as( any more -uestions, the men enter the room, followed by7ogers, who brings drin(s. #eryone be!omes !omfortable in the room, and7ogers ser#es them all !offee.

Suddenly, a =oi!e begins to spea(. t !alls for e#eryone's attention, and thenbegins reading a list of !harges. A!!ording to the =oi!e, Armstrong!aused the

death of 4ouisa Mary Celes. mily was responsible for the death of &eatri!eaylor. &lore brought about the death of ;ames 4andor. =era (illed Cyril)amilton. 4ombardwas guilty of the death of twentyone men, members of anast Afri!an tribe. Ma!arthurdeliberately sent his wife's lo#er, Arthur 7i!hmond,to his death. Marston was guilty of the murder of ;ohn and 4u!y Combes. he7ogers brought about the death of ;ennifer &rady. argra#e was guilty of themurder of dward Seton. n !on!lusion, the =oi!e as(s *risoners at the bar,ha#e you anything to say in your defen!eD Chapter B, pg. %1
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#eryone is stunned into silen!e. 7ogers drops the !offee tray, sho!(inge#eryone. utside the room there is a s!ream, followed by a thud. 4ombardopens the door, and finds Mrs. 7ogers, un!ons!ious. After she is !arried into thedrawingroom, Armstrong e3amines her, and determines that she had 2ustfainted. #eryone is in a pani!, trying to figure out where the =oi!e was !oming

from. 4ombard opens the door to a nearby room, and finds a re!ord playerinside, pushed up against a wall with three small holes drilled into it.

4ombard tests the re!ord it's where the #oi!e was !oming from. Armstrongannoun!es that it must be some (ind of horrible pra!ti!al 2o(e. argra#e isn't sosure. Marston as(s who turned on the re!ord player. he 2udge turns to 7ogers,who admits to turning on the re!ord, but swears that he didn't (now what was onit. )e !laims that his instru!tions were to put the re!ord on after dinner hethought it was musi!. argra#e as(s 4ombard if the re!ord had a title. 4ombardreplies@ ?uite right, sir. t was entitled Swan Song...Chapter B, pg. %9

At argra#e's suggestion, 7ogers and Armstrong ta(e Mrs. 7ogers to her room.Marston suggests that they should all ha#e something to drin(, then goes to getthe drin( tray from out of he hallway. #eryone ta(es a glass of li-uor, e3!ept formily, who drin(s water. Armstrong enters and gets a drin( for himself, then7ogers enters a few moments later.

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=era !ried@ 'his is fantasti! mad' he 2udge nodded gently. )e said@ 'h, yes.'#e no doubt in my own mind that we ha#e been in#ited here by a madman probably a dangerous homi!idal lunati!.' Chapter B, pg. +

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argra#eoffers e#eryone his own letter, and points out that whoe#er in#itedthem to the island must ha#e (nown a lot about them, to be able to so easily dropthe names of mutual friends names that the guests would be unable to !he!(for themsel#es. argra#e goes on to suggest that sin!e their mysterious hostwas able to (now so mu!h about them, perhaps his a!!usations had some truthto them.

7ogers, Ma!arthur, =eraand Marstonloudly !laim that the idea they'd (illed

anyone is preposterous. argra#e -uiets them down, and offers his #ersion ofthe truth behind his a!!usation. A!!ording to him, Seton had murdered an oldlady, and after the trial, he had summed upa!!ordingly, and the 2ury had foundSeton guilty. Seton was put to death soon after, and argra#e announ!es thathis !ons!ien!e is !lear about the entire thing.

Armstrongremembers the !ase e#eryone had thought that Seton was inno!ent.he #erdi!t had !ome as a surprise, and it seemed that the ;udge had turned the

2ury against Seton. Armstrong as(s argra#e if he (new Seton before the trial.argra#e !laims to ha#e ne#er heard of him. Armstrong doesn't belie#e him,though.

=era offers her own story. She was the go#erness of a small boy, and one dayhe went swimming too far at the bea!h. She tried to res!ue him, but it was toolate. She'd been !leared by the !oroner's in-uest. Ma!arthur also denies any(nowledge of wrongdoing. )e !laims that 7i!hmond was 2ust an offi!er that was(illed on a mission, and that the slur on his wife is ridi!ulous. 4ombard, on theother hand, admits to being guilty. )e says that he was leading a party that waslost in the 2ungle so he and a few other men grabbed all the food and tried toget out on their own, lea#ing the tribesmen behind@ Selfpreser#ation's a man'sfirst duty. And nati#es don't mind dying, you (now. hey don't feel about it asuropeans do. Chapter %, pg. 1

Marston suddenly re!alls what the =oi!e had been tal(ing about. )e mentions a!ouple of !hildren he'd run down in his !ar, but !laims that it was an a!!ident.

Armstrong a!!uses him of re!(lessness, but Marston 2ust shrugs, !laiming itwasn't his fault. Marston then goes loo(ing for his glass, finds it, and refills it withanother drin(.
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7ogers !laims that he and his wife had been the ser#ants of Miss &rady, whowas in terribly poor health. n the night she died, 7ogers says he went for ado!tor to help her, but there was a bad storm, and they didn't ma(e it ba!( intime. 7ogers admits that he and his wife re!ei#ed money in Miss &rady's will, but!laim that they had nothing to do with her death. &lore says that he put a !roo( in

2ail, and the man happened to die a year later nothing wrong with that.

Armstrong !laims to ha#e no memory of the name. )e admits that he's hadpatients die when he was operating on them, and suggests that sometimespeople blame the do!tor. *ri#ately, though, he remembers being #ery drun( andbot!hing an operation (illing a woman on the table. 5o one e#er (new but a5un, and she must ha#e (ept -uiet. Armstrong is left wondering how anyone!ould (now.

#eryone loo(s at mily, waiting for her story. She !laims that she has nothing tosay@ here is no -uestion of defen!e. ha#e always a!ted in a!!ordan!e with

the di!tates of my !ons!ien!e. ha#e nothing with whi!h to reproa!h myself.Chapter %, pg.

7ogers !onfirms that there is no one on the island but the ten of them. argra#esuggests that they all lea#e, but 7ogers informs him that there isn't a boat on theisland.


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mena!ing to them. t was so big, yet so bright and modern. here was no wherefor a (iller to hide. Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all...Chapter +, pg. /$

n his room, argra#ethin(s ba!( about dward Seton. )e'd en2oyed the !ase,

ta(en notes, listened to all the testimony !arefully, and !ome to the !on!lusionthat Seton was guilty. he prose!utor had been in!ompetent, though, unable to!on#in!e the 2ury of anything, and the defense had pro#en more than ade-uate.argra#e had been #ery !areful in his summing up to the 2ury. &een sure to!on#in!e them that Seton was guilty. And he'd su!!eeded. Seton had been put todeath, 2ust as argra#e had wanted.

n the dining room, 7ogersnoti!es something while !leaning up. here used tobe ten !hina ndians, now there were only nine.

Ma!arthur!an't sleep. )is thoughts were filled with 7i!hmond's fa!e. 7i!hmond

had been one of his 4ieutenants, and 4eslie, Ma!arthur's wife, had grown -uitefond of him. ne day, while he was still in !ommand during the first world war,Ma!arthur had re!ei#ed a letter from his wife addressed to 7i!hmond she hada!!identally mi3ed up letters and en#elopes. After learning of their affair,Ma!arthur grew to hate 7i!hmond, finally sending him to his death on a sui!idalre!onnaissan!e mission. )e'd gotten away with it, sin!e it was wartime, andmista(es were made, but another 4ieutenant, Armitage, had suspe!tedsomething. )e thin(s Armitage is to blame for all the rumors that had surroundedhim for the past few years. After Ma!arthur returned from the war, his wife wasne#er the same. She grew more and more depressed, finally dying of pneumoniaa few years later. )e wonders who !ould possibly (now about 7i!hmond, and

then thin(s about going ba!( to his home, ba!( to the rumors, ba!( to his emptylife... Suddenly, he de!ides that he ne#er wants to lea#e the island.

n her room, =erais also sleepless. She !an't stop thin(ing about little Cyril, andhis un!le, )ugo. She'd fallen in lo#e with )ugo, but he'd been unable to marryher, as he didn't ha#e a penny to his name. roni!ally, after Cyril's death, )ugobe!ame the heir of the family fortune, but he'd refused to see =era after that, andshe had no idea where he'd gotten to. =era thin(s about Cyril, how annoying hewas, always desperate to swim out to the ro!(s, she had to tell him o#er and o#eragain that it was 2ust too far... She gets some aspirin to help her sleep. hile up,she noti!es the framed 7hyme. he first #erse was about an ndian boy who!ho(ed to death. She's ta(en aba!( by the similarity of the poem to e#ening'se#ents. She doesn't want to die, "eath is for other people. Chapter +, pg. 81

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Armstrong !omes out on the terra!e and mo#es to spea( to argra#e, but he'sinterrupted by 7ogers. 7ogers ushers him into the house and shows him thedining room table. Another ndian is missing now there are 2ust eight figurinesleft

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=eraand milygo out to the sland's high point to wat!h for the boat. =era as(smily about Mrs. 7ogers, and mily !onfirms what she said that she's sure thatthe 7ogers (illed their former employer. =era worries what that might mean !ould e#eryone on the island be guiltyD mily tells her story to =era. &eatri!eaylor had been mily's ser#ant, up until she got pregnant. mily threw her out,and &eatri!e, with no one to turn to, (illed herself. =era as(s if mily feelsresponsible for &eatri!e's death, but mily says she has nothing to feel guilty

about, as it was the girl's own a!tions that dro#e her to sui!ide. =era is sho!(edby mily's response@ he little elderly spinster was no longer slightly ridi!ulousto =era. Suddenly she was terrible. Chapter /, pg. 101

Armstrong!omes out onto the terra!e to !onsult with someone about hissuspi!ions. )e !hooses 4ombard, and they wal( off, tal(ing. Armstrong has beenas(ing 7ogers-uestions about the death of his employer, and found out that itwould ha#e been #ery easy for the 7ogers to murder her without ha#ing to go toany e3treme lengths. All they would ha#e had to do is wait for her to ha#e anatta!(, and then not gi#e her any heart medi!ine. Armstrong thin(s it would bethe perfe!t !rime, be!ause e#en if someone suspe!ts them, no one !ould e#er

pro#e that they purposefully withheld treatment. 4ombard suggests that thereason that they'#e all been brought to ndian island is that the !rimes they'#e!ommitted !an't be pro#ed, su!h as argra#e, who made his murder loo( li(e

2usti!e. 4ombard !an't belie#e that two people would ha#e (illed themsel#es inone night, espe!ially not the self!entered and egotisti!al Marston, so the onlyother possibility is that at least one of them was murdered.

hey loo( at all the e#iden!e that they ha#e so far. he fa!t that the two murders!losely resemble lines from the nursery rhyme, added to the fa!t that two !hinandians ha#e disappeared, suggests that Mr. wen is on the sland, planning tomurder all of them. 4ombard and Armstrong de!ide to !olle!t &lore, and then

sear!h the sland from top to bottom.

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&lore agrees to sear!h the sland, but still isn't !on#in!ed that Marstonwasmurdered. Armstrong stresses that there's no way someone would 2ust be
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!arrying around Cyanide, and Marston !learly didn't !ome to the sland with theintention of (illing himself. 4ombardreminds &lore that while they were all busytal(ing about the =oi!e, someone !ould ha#e easily slipped the poison intoMarston's empty glass, perhaps through the open window it was sitting ne3t to.&lore agrees with their theory, and as(s if any of them has a gun. 4ombard says

that he does. &lore tells him that he'll need it, sin!e they're dealing with apsy!hoti! (iller.

he three men sear!h the sland -ui!(ly, but are disappointed to find that therearen't any !a#es or other hiding pla!es. hey !ome a!ross Ma!arthur, who sitsin a !hair by the sea, staring at it. hey try to tal( to him, but he refuses, tellingthem that there isn't mu!h time left, and he'd li(e to be left alone.

hey finish sear!hing the sland, ha#ing found nothing. t's a stormy day, andthere are no boats out for them to signal. &lore suggests a bonfire that night, but4ombard thin(s they shouldn't bother the people of the town ha#e probably

been told that some (ind of a pran( is going on, and that they should ignoresignals from the sland. &lore spots a se!tion of the !liff that !an't be seen fromabo#e. t's the only pla!e left they ha#en't !he!(ed for a !a#e. 4ombard offers to!limb down, if someone finds him a rope. &lore runs off to get one. Armstrongas(s 4ombard 2ust how !ra:y he thin(s Ma!arthur really is...

=erawanders around the house with no one to tal( to. #ery time she loo(s atsomeone, she !an't help but imagine the fa!e of their #i!tim. ith mily, adrowned girl, with argra#e, a terrified young man. =era wal(s down to the sea,and !omes a!ross Ma!arthur. She as(s him what he's doing by the sea. )e tellsher that it's a ni!e pla!e to wait for the end, and that none of them are going to be

lea#ing the sland ali#e. =era is frightened, but he tells her not to be. )e says sheshould be relie#ed that it will finally all be o#er. =era doesn't (now what hemeans. Ma!arthur !onfesses to her. )e'd (illed 7i!hmond, he e#en felt 2ustifiedin doing it at the time. As time wore on though, and his wife wasted away, hegrew more and more guilty. 5ow, he was glad to (now that it was all going to beo#er. Eou'll be glad too, when the end !omes. Chapter 8, pg. 118

&lore returns to the !liffs, finding only Armstrong there. Armstrong tells him that4ombard has gone off to test a theory, and that he'll be right ba!(. he two mendis!uss Ma!arthur, and try to figure out whether he's !ra:y enough that he !ouldbe the (iller. hey de!ide that it's 2ust too implausible, and that someone elsemust be on the sland. 4ombard returns and !limbs effortlessly down the !lifffa!e. hile he's !limbing, &lore and Armstrong dis!uss 4ombard. &lore thin(s it's#ery suspi!ious that he brought a gun along, espe!ially gi#en his admittedly dar(past. 4ombard !limbs ba!( up, ha#ing found nothing on the !liff fa!e.

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of stairs to the ser#ant's -uarters, where Mrs. 7ogers' body is. As they approa!hit, they hear someone mo#ing around inside. hey burst through the door todis!o#er 7ogers, mo#ing some !lothes out of his former room. )e e3!useshimself, and the men mo#e on to the atti!. hey sear!h it thoroughly, but findnothing. 5ow they (now for sure that there is no one on the sland but the eight

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4ombardis relie#ed they'd been ma(ing su!h a fuss o#er two unrelated deaths.Armstrongis !on#in!ed that Marstondidn't !ommit sui!ide, and !an't belie#e itwas an a!!ident. &lore suggests that Mrs. 7ogers' death might ha#e been ana!!ident, though. hen Armstrong was gi#ing her a sedati#e, perhaps he ga#eher a bit too mu!h. Armstrong replies that do!tors !an't ma(e mista(es li(e that.

&lore said deliberately@ 't wouldn't be the first you'#e made if that gramophonere!ord is to be belie#ed' Chapter 9, pg. 1$/4ombard brea(s them up beforethey !an fight, and reminds &lore that he's been a!!used of a !rime as well.&lore gets #ery defensi#e, and demands to (now why 4ombard brought a gun tothe sland. 4ombard !omes !lean, admitting that he was sent to the sland to'(eep a loo(out' for trouble. he reason he didn't tell e#eryone earlier is that hethought that the re!ord might be the problem he was sent to sol#e. 5ow,howe#er, he's sure that the 2ob was 2ust bait to get him to the sland, 2ust li(ee#eryone else. 4ombard belie#es that they're in a trap, set by Mr. wen, lea#ingthem with only one -uestion where is heD

he lun!h gong rings, and the three men head downstairs to the dining room,where 7ogershas lun!h prepared. 7ogers mentions that there is plenty of foodin the larder, so they don't ha#e to worry about supplies. milyenters, followedby argra#e. argra#e loo(s at &lore, Armstrong, and 4ombard, then !ommentsmali!iously on their busy day. =eraruns into the dining room, out of breath. milymentions that Ma!arthurhasn't !ome to lun!h yet. =era tells them that he's downby the sea, and probably !ouldn't hear the gong. 7ogers offers to go get him, but

Armstrong interrupts and goes to get Ma!arthur himself.

hey all ma(e aw(ward small tal( around the table. &lore mentions the old manhe met on the train, and how he'd predi!ted the bad weather. Armstrong runs into

the room, and before he !an say anything, e#eryone already (nows thatMa!arthur is dead. Some people stay in the house while others go out to mo#ethe body. hen 7ogers !he!(s the dining room again, he's sho!(ed to find thatanother figure is missing lea#ing only se#en. Ma!arthur is laid out in his room,and Armstrong e3amines the body. #eryone but 7ogers meets in the drawingroom, and Armstrong announ!es that Ma!arthur was murdered, his headsmashed in with a lifepreser#er. argra#e announ!es that he !an summari:e
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the situation and !lear e#erything up. Sin!e there is no one but the se#en of themon the sland, one of them must be the (iller

argra#e as(s anyone if they disagree with his theory. 5o one does e3!ept for=era, who !an't a!!ept it. argra#e as(s if anyone has e#iden!e that points to

any of them. &lore tells e#eryone about 4ombard's lie and his gun, and then4ombard gi#es e#eryone the same e3planation he had before. argra#e pointsout that sin!e no one !an offer independent proof of their stories, they 2ust ha#eto trust ea!h other's word. After a short argument, argra#e says that none ofthem !an be e3!luded based on o!!upation, so!ial position, or gender. 4ombardsuggests that 7ogers !ouldn't be the (iller. )e might ha#e (illed his employer,and possibly his wife to !o#er it up, but he doesn't seem li(e he would !reate agrand s!heme to (ill perfe!t strangers. argra#e reminds 4ombard that if one ofthem was the (iller, they !ould ha#e re!orded a lie about the !rime theysupposedly !ommitted pretend to be an a!!used murderer to blend in with therest.

hey try to figure out who had the best opportunity to (ill Marston and Mrs.7ogers. t is agreed that anyone !ould ha#e poisoned Marston's drin(, and hadsomeone !ome up to Mrs. 7ogers room and told her the do!tor had sent upsome more medi!ine, she would ha#e drun( it, regardless of what it was meaning that e#eryone is still a suspe!t.

#eryone is still a suspe!t in Ma!arthur's (illing, as well. After a short-uestioning, argra#e dis!o#ers that no person was in sight of other people forthe entire morning, so at any time one of them !ould ha#e snu!( off and (illedMa!arthur. argra#e then sums up the situation. ne of the se#en of them is the

(iller. Sin!e they ha#e no e#iden!e of who it might be, all they !an do is try to!onta!t the mainland, and (eep themsel#es as safe as possible now that they(now that the (iller is one of the them, they'll ha#e to be e3tremely !areful aroundea!h other.

Chapter 1$

4ombardand =eraare tal(ing in the li#ing room. =era is still ha#ing troublebelie#ing that one of them is the (iller. 4ombard is sure of it, though, and he tells

he that he's sure she isn't the (iller. =era returns the !omment, saying that she!an't imagine 4ombard is the one that set all of this up. 4ombard thin(s argra#eis the (iller, and he offers his theory@ ...he's played >od Almighty for a goodmany months e#ery year. hat must go to a man's head e#entually. )e gets tosee himself as all powerful, as holding the power of life and death and it'spossible that his brain might snap and he might want to go one step farther andbe 3e!utioner and ;udge 3traordinary. Chapter 10, pg. 1+$=era admits thatit's possible, but thin(s that Armstrong is the (iller. After all, the first two murders
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were poisonings, and who would (now about poison better than himD )e's alsothe only one with medi!al (nowledge, so he !ould ha#e !laimed that Ma!arthurhad been dead for a good while when he found him, and no one would be able to-uestion him.

Meanwhile, 7ogersis as(ing &lore if he has any idea who the (iller !ould be.&lore has a theory, but he isn't telling what it is. n the smo(ing room, Armstrongand argra#e are tal(ing. Armstrong wants nothing more than to get off thesland, but argra#e tells him it's hopeless. All they !an do is lo!( themsel#es upin their rooms and try to figure out who the (iller is. Armstrong wants to (now howthey'll do that without any e#iden!e. argra#e says that despite the la!( ofe#iden!e, he's got a pretty good idea who the (iller is. n fa!t, he's -uite sure ofit...

milysits in her bedroom, writing in her diary. n the middle of her entry shebla!(s out, and her hand automati!ally writes ) M6"77'S 5AM S

&A7C AE47. hen she wa(es, she's startled to see the senten!e@ "id write thatD "id D I must be going mad... Chapter 10, pg. 1+9

#eryone gathers again in the li#ing room. hey try to pass the time with tea and!on#ersation. =era as(s mily if she'd li(e to pour the tea. mily de!lines, andmentions that she's lost some grey wool. As they all drin( their tea, somewhatrela3ed, 7ogers enters and as(s if anyone has seen the red oilsil( !urtainthatwas in the bathroom. 5o one has any idea what happened to it. 7ogers lea#esthe room, and e#eryone -uiets down, on!e again suspi!ious of ea!h other. Afteranother hour, e#eryone goes to bed, lo!(ing their doors and blo!(ing them withfurniture. n his way to bed, 7ogers !arefully lo!(s up the dining room, so that

no one !an get at the remaining se#en ndian figures.

Chapter 11

4ombardwa(es at 5inethirty. )e noti!es that 7ogershasn't gi#en anyone theirwa(eup !alls, and goes to loo( for him. he (it!hen shows no sign of 7ogers'presen!e the fire hasn't e#en been lit. 4ombard wa(es &lore up and tells himabout the situation. ogether they !olle!t e#eryone else.Armstrongis awa(e,and almost dressed. argra#ehas to be wo(en up. =erais awa(e and dressed.

mily's room is empty. #eryone goes downstairs 2ust as mily wal(s through thefront door, wearing a rain!oat. &lore suggests that she shouldn't be out wal(ingaround in this weather, but mily tells him she was #ery !areful. hey !he!( theunlo!(ed dining room, and find that it has already been set for brea(fast butthere are only si3 figurines on the table.

After a -ui!( sear!h of the grounds, they find 7ogers' body. t is lying in thewashhouse where he'd been !hopping wood. Someone had snu!( up behind
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him with a small hat!het and (illed him. &lore dusts the hat!het with flour, but!an't find any fingerprints. Armstrong !he!(s to see that =era and mily aren'taround before pointing out that it wouldn't ta(e a strong person to swing thehat!het any one of them !ould ha#e (illed 7ogers.

;ust then, =era starts laughing insanely outside. She as(s them if there are anybees on the island. 5o one understands her. =era points out the similaritiesbetween all the murders and the nursery rhyme, whi!h means the ne3t personwill be (illed by a bee sting. =era !ontinues laughing hysteri!ally until Armstrongwal(s out to the yard and slaps her fa!e. =era sha(es the hysteria off and than(s

Armstrong. She then lea#es to !olle!t some would so that she and mily !anprepare brea(fast.

&lore ta(es 4ombard aside and e3plains a theory to him. )e !an't belie#e how!alm mily is with all the murders going on around her. )e's sure that she mustbe the (iller. 4ombard says that if he were the (iller, after murdering 7ogers he

would ha#e gone ba!( to sleep, not gone out wandering on the sland. &lorepoints out that mily is -uite possibly insane, but, more importantly, no onewould go out wandering around the sland alone unless they felt safe and how!ould she feel safe unless she was the (illerD 4ombard agrees that mily is #erysuspi!ious, and he's happy to hear that &lore no longer suspe!ts him. )e as(s&lore, sin!e they may not be getting off the sland anyway, if he !ommitted the!rime he's been a!!used of. &lore !onfesses, telling 4ombard that he framed4andor on behalf of a nasty gang. )e'd gotten his promotion@ 'And 4andor gotpenal ser#itude and died in prison.' ' !ouldn't (now he was going to die, !ould D'demanded &lore. '5o, that was your bad lu!(.' 'MineD )is, you mean.' 'Eours, too.&e!ause, as a result of it, it loo(s as though your life is going to be !ut

unpleasantly short.' Chapter 11, pg. 1/B&lore angrily states that he won't be(illed li(e the rest of them. 4ombard doubts his !han!es.

hile !oo(ing eggs, =era !hastises herself for getting hysteri!al. She alwaysthought of herself as le#elheaded. She remembers when Cyrildied, how sheswam out after him and got !arried away by the !urrent. #eryone had !alled herheroi!, all e3!ept for )ugo. She wonders where )ugo is, what has happened tohim... mily snaps her out of her re#erie. =era notes how !alm mily is. milysays it was the we she was raised =era reads this as repression. She as(smily if she's afraid to die. mily thin(s to herself of !ourse she isn't afraid todie. She's ne#er done anything in her life that she had to be ashamed of.#eryone else might die, but she !ertainly wouldn't so why should she beafraidD She remembers a dream she had last night. &eatri!e aylor had been ather window, begging to be let in, but mily wouldn't open it. mily suddenlynoti!es that =era is staring at her. She -ui!(ly !hanges the sub2e!t, announ!ingthat brea(fast is ready.

As e#eryone sits -uiet and polite at brea(fast, their minds ra!e, all thoughts onthe situation, in!luding the (iller's@ he damned fool, he belie#ed e#ery word
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said to him. t was easy.... must be !areful, though, #ery !areful. Chapter 11,pg. 1//

Chapter 12

&rea(fast is o#er and =erastarts to !lean up. milytries to help, but she's toogiddy.Armstrongoffers to gi#e her something to !alm down, but she shouts '5o',sho!(ing e#eryone. She insists on 2ust sitting in her !hair until the giddinesspasses. #eryone lea#es mily alone in the dining room. She begins to hear aslight bu::ing sound. She begins to thin( about bees, and honey, and thenbe!omes !on#in!ed that &eatri!e is in the room with her, but she !an't turn herhead to loo(. She hears the slow footsteps of someone approa!hing, then feels abee sting on her ne!(.

#eryone is waiting for mily in the drawing room. =era suggests going to getmily, but &lore stops her, and outlines his theory about mily (illing e#eryone

be!ause of religious mania. Armstrong thin(s it's possible, and =era tellse#eryone about mily's !onfession. argra#ewants to (now if mily seemedguilty or remorseful. =era replies that she didn't. argra#e suggests they bringmily into the room so that they !an obser#e her beha#ior, but when they go toget her, they find she's already dead.

ne more of us a!-uitted too late Chapter 1$, pg. 18Bargra#e says.Armstrong -ui!(ly e3amines the body, finding the syringe mar( on her ne!(. )esays that she was in2e!ted with poison, probably the same poison that (illedMarston. =era points out the &ee, reminding e#eryone of her mani! episode.4ombardsays that it isn't a !oin!iden!e the (iller is trying to stay as !lose to the

rhyme as possible. argra#e as(s where the syringe !ame from. Armstrong sayshe brought a syringe. hey all rush upstairs to sear!h his suit!ase, but thesyringe is missing. Armstrong !laims it must ha#e been stolen.

argra#e points out that of the fi#e of them, one is a murderer, and theremaining four must be safeguarded as mu!h as possible. )e suggests thate#eryone surrender their drugs and weapons so that they !an all be lo!(ed awayin a safe pla!e. 4ombard protests, the relents when he sees that he'soutnumbered. 4ombard goes to his room and opens his bedtable drawer butthe re#ol#er is missing.

ne by one, e#eryone is stripsear!hed and their rooms s!oured, but the re#ol#erdoesn't turn up. hey go to the pantry, where the drugs are lo!(ed first in a small!ase, and then inside a !upboard. ne of the (eys is gi#en to 4ombard, the otherto &lore, so that e#en if one of them is the (iller, the other !ould prote!t theremaining (ey. &rea(ing open the !hest and !ase would be so loud that the (illerwould surely be !aught doing it. hey are left with one -uestion where is4ombard's re#ol#erD 4ombard !laims he put it away the night before, soargra#e figures it must ha#e been ta(en during the sear!h for 7ogers. =era
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suggests that they sear!h the house from top to bottom, but argra#e says notto bother, sin!e the (iller has had plenty of time to hide it !le#erly. &lore thin(s he(nows where the syringe is, though. )e leads e#eryone outside, to the grassnear the dining room window. hey find the syringe, and the si3th ndian figurine.

hey sear!h the house again, but to no a#ail the re#ol#er is nowhere to befound.

Chapter 13

All fi#e remaining people sit in the drawing room, eyeing one another. hey loo(ba!( and forth, unable to trust anyone@ And all of them, suddenly, loo(ed lessli(e human beings. hey were re#erted to more bestial types. Chapter 1B, pg.191hey agree that in order to stay safe, only one of them will e#er lea#e the

room at any one time, lea#ing the rest of them there, wat!hing ea!h other.Armstrong suggests lighting a bonfire, but it's raining too hard.

Again, all the !hara!ters ha#e internal monologues they are growing paranoid,pani!(ing e3a!tly the way the (iller wants them. he (iller obser#es that they'reall terrified, afraid of death. #en the (iller is afraid@ I'mafraid of death... Ees, butthat doesn't stop death !oming... Chapter 1B, pg. 19%At


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!hair with a red !urtain wrapped around him and a grey wool wig on his head.Armstrong tells e#eryone to stay ba!(, then e3amines the body. )e ta(es the wigoff, re#ealing a red mar( on argra#e's forehead. )e announ!es that argra#ehas been shot in the head, (illed instantly. 4ombard laughs, and announ!es thathe's almost happy to see argra#e go. #eryone is sho!(ed, and =era points

out that 4ombard was sure that argra#e was the (iller.

Chapter 14

After bringing argra#e'sbody up to his room, e#eryone goes down to the(it!hen to eat dinner. hey're worried and offbalan!e. argra#e was the group'sde fa!to leader, and now he's dead. &lore wonders why they didn't hear agunshot, but 4ombarde3plains that with =era's s!reaming and e#eryone'srunning, it's not surprising.Armstrongmentions that they're in worse shape then

e#er, only three of them left, and no one has any idea who the (iller is. hen&lore mentions that he's pretty sure he (nows. #eryone agrees that they'#e gotthey're own suspi!ions. n fa!t, they all !laim to be fairly sure about the identity ofthe (iller. #eryone goes up to their rooms and lo!(s their doors. 4ombard openshis beside drawer. he re#ol#er has been repla!ed.

=eralies in her room, afraid to turn out her light. She thin(s ba!( to the daybefore Cyrilhad drowned. hen she finally ga#e in to his demands and told himhe !ould swim out to the ro!(s tomorrow. She (new it was ris(y, but she'd swimout after him to ma(e it loo( li(e she was trying to sa#e him and if he managedto sur#i#e, well, she !ould always tell e#eryone that he was 2ust lying about her

gi#ing him permission. After Cyril was dead )ugoleft suddenly, and wouldn'trespond to any of her letters. She !an't forget )ugo, and she !an't figure out whyshe thought he was on the sland with her.

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&lore wa(es 4ombard and =era, and finds that Armstrong has disappeared. hemen tell =era to hide in her room, and only open the door if both of them returntogether. 4ombard tells &lore that the gun was returned to his room, and the twoof them head out after Armstrong. =era hides in her room, sure that Armstrong!an't brea( in. She e#en prepares herself to 2ump out a window if he were to set

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Seeing &lore dead, 4ombard agrees that Armstrong must be on the slandsomewhere, but he !an't figure out where. =era suggests a se!ret room, but4ombard reminds her that they measured all the walls there's no missing spa!ein the house where a room !ould be. he two of them go ba!( out to the !liffs.hey plan to stay out there all night, hiding at the top of a !liff, where 4ombard

!an shoot anyone who approa!hes. As they wander up and down the !liffs, theyspot some !lothes down among the ro!(s. hey go down to !he!(, and findArmstrong's drowned body.

Chapter 1

=eraand 4ombardloo( at one another. &oth thin( the same thing there's onlyone other person left on the sland. =era as(s 4ombard how one of them !ouldha#e (illed &lore. 4ombard responds that it must ha#e been some (ind of tri!(, or

trap. =era is sure that 4ombard must be the (iller. She suggests that they mo#eArmstrong's body up to the house so it !ould be with the rest. 4ombard says hedoesn't !are. She suggests ta(ing it out of the water, at least. hile 4ombard liftsthe !orpse, =era steals his re#ol#er. 4ombard demands his gun ba!(, then triesto threaten her. =era aims it at him. )e leaps at her, and she shoots him dead.

=era is relie#ed that it's finally o#er. She's the last one on the sland. Shener#ously wal(s ba!( to the house, not sure how to feel. ill she be able to eator sleep with all the bodies aroundD She's #ery tired, though, and she wants totry. She gets into the dining room and finds three ndian figures on the table. Shethrows two out the window, and (eeps the third for herself. She tries to remember

how the rhyme ends, but gets it wrong, thin(ing the last little ndian boy getsmarried. Suddenly she senses that )ugois in the house with her. She wal(s upthe stairs, thin(ing herself ridi!ulous for belie#ing something so !ra:y. She opensthe door to her room, and sees a noose hanging from the hoo( on the !eiling,with a !hair pla!ed beneath it.. She drops the final figurine, and it brea(s on thefloor. =era remembers the last line of the rhyme. She wal(s o#er to the noose,remembering the seaweed on her shoulder, belie#ing that it was Cyril's hand.'You can go to the rock, Cril...' hat was what murder was as easy as that.&ut afterwards, you went on remembering... Chapter 1, pg. $%%She puts thenoose around her ne!( and (i!(s the !hair away, hanging herself.

%p&lo'ue

Sir homas 4eggeand nspe!tor Maineare dis!ussing the mysterious !ase ofndian sland. 5o one in the town of Sti!(leha#en (nows anything, other than thefa!t that a Mr. wenbought the house. he house was a!tually pur!hased byMr. Morris, who was a smalltime !riminal in#ol#ed in the drug trade. hey !an't
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into mily's !offee, and on!e she was asleep and e#eryone left the room, hesnu!( ba!( in and in2e!ted her with the last of his Cyanide.

argra#e hid the re#ol#er inside the pantry, inside a tin of !ra!(ers. After hidingthe gun inside, he put some tape on it, ma(ing it loo( li(e the tin had ne#er been

opened hat night, he and Armstrong put their plan into effe!t. )e planted theseaweed in =era's room, and then, when e#eryone ran off, he put on his !ostumeand dabbed some red paint onto his forehead. hen e#eryone returned to the!andlelit drawing room, only Armstrong e3amined the body. 5o one else got!lose enough to reali:e he wasn't dead. 4ater that night, he lured Armstrong outto the !liffs, and then pushed him off. )e then returned to the house and madeenough noise so that &lore and 4ombard would noti!e that Armstrong wasmissing. After that, he hid ba!( in his bed. hen they ne3t sear!hed the house,all they dead was lift the sheet off his fa!e to !onfirm that the right body was inthe right bed. hile e#eryone sear!hed outside, argra#e put the re#ol#er ba!(in 4ombard's room.

argra#e wat!hed the three remaining people, wondering who would (ill who.hen &lore approa!hed the house, he pushed the !lo!( from the window.argra#e then wat!hed 4ombard and =era. )e was glad =era shot 4ombard,be!ause he (new there was little !han!e of 4ombard e#er (illing himself. =era onthe other hand, was 2ust unbalan!ed enough. argra#e then wrote his!onfession and sealed it up in a bottle, and threw it off the island. )is hope wasthat he'd !ommitted an unsol#able !rime, but he !ouldn't resist letting someone inon his genius by writing out a !onfession, albeit one that might ne#er be found.argra#e feels that the !rime is unsol#able, e3!ept for three !lues. 1 )e's theonly inno!ent person on the island. $ he red herring line in the rhyme suggests

some (ind of a tri!( in#ol#ing the do!tor. B he red hole in argra#e's foreheadis the mar( of Cain. argra#e then atta!hed a rubber band to the gun and hisglasses, so that he !ould shoot himself in the head while lying in bed, and thegun would be thrown a!ross the room after he shot himself in the forehead,ma(ing it loo( as if the gun had been dropped there by someone long afterargra#e's murder.
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