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How old was Mr Richard Abernathie when he died?
(68)
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)
What can you say about Lanscombe?
(He was nearly ninety, half blind, served in the family all his life, they were fond of him, Mr Richard Abernethie left him a little nice inheritance)
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)
What was Cora sure of after the funeral?
(that her brother Richard had been murdered)
Whom did Mr Richard Abernethie want to leave his property first?
(to his son Mortimer, after his death he was searching for an heir, but was disappointed with all of his relatives and left money to all of them in equal parts)
Was Richard’s death convenient for all his inheritors?
(Yes, they were all nearly broke)
What happened to Cora when she returned home from the funeral?
(She was violently killed with a hatchet)
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)
Did anybody gain from Cora’s death?
(Yes, all the rest inheritors)
Why did Mr Entwhistle want to talk to Miss Gilchrist?
(She could know what Richard had said to Cora)
What did Miss Gilchrist find in Cora’s house?
(a lot of pictures she had bought at sales)
Why did people call Cora strange?
(She said everything that came into her head – often unwelcomed truth)
How long had Miss Gilchrist been with Cora?
(for three years and a half)
Was Miss Gilchrist Cora’s servant?
(No, Mrs Panter came in for that, and Miss Gilchrist did most of cooking and some light housework)
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)
