(She said everything that came into her head – often unwelcomed truth)
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Did Cora have a will?
(Yes, it was at the bank)
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What happened to Cora when she returned home from the funeral?
(She was violently killed with a hatchet)
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Why did Mr Entwhistle want to talk to Miss Gilchrist?
(She could know what Richard had said to Cora)
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Why did Miss Gilchrist start the career of a companion?
(She used to have a little tearoom and then the war came and food supplies were cut and she had to close it and had no money to pay the rent)
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How long had Miss Gilchrist been with Cora?
(for three years and a half)
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How old was Mr Richard Abernathie when he died?
(68)
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What was Cora sure of after the funeral?
(that her brother Richard had been murdered)
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Why did Cora’s murder look strange?
(The murderer didn’t need to kill her to burgle her house as she was sleeping after taking two sleeping pills and he left the stolen jewellery in a bush)
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Was Richard’s death convenient for all his inheritors?
(Yes, they were all nearly broke)
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How many sisters and brothers did Mr Richard Abernethie have? Were all of them alive?
(Leo, Laura, Geraldine, Gordon, Timothy and Cora. No, only Timothy and Cora)
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Who were the inheritors of Mr Richard Abernethie?
(butler Lanscombe, brother Timothy, nephew George, niece Susan, niece Rosamund, brother’s Leo widow Helen and sister Cora)
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Why did Cora feel bad the next day after she had returned from the funeral?
(She had a headache and couldn’t sleep because of bad dreams and thoughts)
