(how Richard had left his money, Timothy wanted everything)
What was the verdict of the jury in the inquest about Cora’s death?
(Murder by some person or persons unknown)
What was the main, almost the only pleasure for Poirot?
(the pleasure of the table)
What kind of job did Susan find for Miss Gilchrist?
(to look after Maude and Timothy)
Did Richard change his will a few times since his son’s death?
(Yes)
How did George Crossfield feel about the Uncle Richard’s death?
(happy that he inherited money)
How much money did Susan give to Miss Gilchrist for her work?
(three months’ salary)
Why did George come to Cora’s funeral?
(He came to do a little detective work to find out if Aunt Cora really knew that someone had killed Uncle Richard)
Whom did Mr Goby give info to Poirot about?
(George Crossfield, Michael Shane and Rosamund Shane, Susan and Gregory Banks, Maud and Timothy, Helen Abernethie were all short of money and didn’t have alibi)
Why did Rosamund want to get her inherited money in advance?
(to finance the play)
What happened to Miss Gilhrist?
(She was poisoned with arsenic, had a stomach upset and was taken to a hospital)
Who was Mr Guthrie by profession?
(an art critic)
Whom did Cora leave her property? Why?
(She left her paintings and a piece of jewellery to Miss Gilchrist and everything else to her niece? Susan. Perhaps, Cora felt her and Susan’s fate were alike)
What was in the parcel Miss Gilchrist got after the inquest?
(a small white box with a wedding rich fruitcake with white icing)
What letter did Susan find in Cora’s house?
(It was a letter that Richard wrote to Cora after he’d been at her place)
Who lied about their alibi for the time Cora had been killed?
(George spoke about two winners at the races, but in fact only one of them had won. Susan and Greg perhaps were not at home as they didn’t answer the phone)
Whom did Poirot advise Mr Entwhistle to speak to first of all?
(to Richard’s doctor)
Why was Cora murdered according to Mr Guthrie?
(She couldn’t keep secrets)
Why didn’t Miss Gilchrist die?
(She didn’t eat the whole piece of wedding cake. She put a half of it under the pillow “to dream of her future husband”)
What piece of furniture did Miss Gichrist want to take from Cora’s house?
(a little painted tea table)
What was the only way Richard could be murdered according to the lawyer?
(by poison)
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