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)
Was Miss Gilchrist Cora’s servant?
(No, Mrs Panter came in for that, and Miss Gilchrist did most of cooking and some light housework)
What did Miss Gilchrist find in Cora’s house?
(a lot of pictures she had bought at sales)
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)
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)
How old was Mr Richard Abernathie when he died?
(68)
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)
Why did Richard sound senile to Cora?
(He said to her that smb was poisoning him)
Did anybody gain from Cora’s death?
(Yes, all the rest inheritors)
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)
Why did people call Cora strange?
(She said everything that came into her head – often unwelcomed truth)
Why did Mr Entwhistle want to talk to Miss Gilchrist?
(She could know what Richard had said to Cora)
What happened to Cora when she returned home from the funeral?
(She was violently killed with a hatchet)
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)
How long had Miss Gilchrist been with Cora?
(for three years and a half)
Was Richard’s death convenient for all his inheritors?
(Yes, they were all nearly broke)
Did Cora have a will?
(Yes, it was at the bank)
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)
Where was Cora going to travel on her brother’s money?
(to Italy)
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