Mrs Crabtree's name is Anne.

At about ten past eleven, the maid heard the front door opening again. This time it was Mrs Crabtree, who came into the kitchen and I started to make cocoa for herself and her I I husband.

Alec Crabtree had been writing a letter. It began: Dear Anne, I don't know how to tell you this, but I am leaving you. Alice and I . . .

Mrs Crabtree, Mrs Fairfax, and Daniel were all wearing red.

The window was open.

A cigarette-end was found by the body.

At about five past eleven, the maid heard the I front door opening and footsteps in the hall. It I was Mrs Fairfax, coming in from the garden. I She went straight into the living room.

At 1 1 o'clock Mr Crabtree got up and said he had a letter to write. He went into the study.

In the drawer of the desk was a will. The will left f 10,000 to Daniel.

Everyone was playing cards until 1 1 p.m., except Susie, who was washing-up in the kitchen between 10.30 and 1 1 .15.

A silver vase was missing from the room

The maid heard footsteps in the hall and the study door opening at just after 1 1 o'clock.