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ALEXANDER ovens oncnals Stage Two
Series editor: Robert O'Neill
'S FIRST
CASE
LG Alexander
Ilustrations by Gary Wing
B3toncman ioe Hlll
The people in the story
This isa murder story.
“This man was the victim,
His name was Sir Michel Gray.
He was fifty-five years ol.
He was very rich.
He was a Ditector of Cavell Industries
‘Look at this woman,
She is young and pretty and she is
very clever.
She is a detective.
‘or name is Katina Kinby.
People call her 'k
‘She wants to find the answers to
some important questions
‘This is her fist caso.
Can yoru help her?
K, our clever detective, has three
‘important questions:
X murdered the victim,
Sir Michael Gray, so
1 How did X murder Sir Michael?
2 Wha was X?
2 Why did X murder Sir Michael?
HOW,..2 WHO..2 WHY...0 T2aase
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25 26 27 28 29 30
Who was X? What happened?
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‘There was a murder. There were five other people in the | The dats
-house atthe time, Ona of them was X. Who was it?
Lady Elizabeth Gray,
‘Sir Michael's wife The time now: 10.15
She is forty-eight years old
November 17th
The place: A lange country
hhouse in England
Colonel William Fawcett,
‘Sir Michael's fiend,
Ho is Gtty years old
He was in the army years ago, but
he isn't in the army now.
‘Sir Michael had dinner with four of the othor people at
tight o'clock this evening. Thon he went to his study. The
time was nine o'clock. He lacked the door from the inside.
Ho shut the window, too, and locked it from the inside. At
19.20, the housekeeper, Mrs Flack, took some coffee to his
‘oom, She knocked atthe doce. Sir Michael didn't answer,
so sho knocked again and shouted. He didn't ans
she called three ofthe other people, They knacked at the
door, too, and shouted, bat Sir Michael didn’t open it.
They broke down the
Miss Angela Bveret,
Sir Michael's socrotary.
She has boon Sir Michaels socrtary
fora year
She is twenty-five years old
Mr Andrew Cavell study door and went
Lady Elizabeth's brother. | in, They aw Si
Ho is forty years old Michaels body on
eis a Director of Cavell Industies, the flor, Sz Michael
too, was dead. Lady
Flizabeth called the
Mrs Nancy Flack police, The ina was
She's the Grays’ housekeeper. 2.40. The police
She hes ben with Lady Gray's tarived at 8.50 and K
| family for forty years. arrived with them
She is sixty years old. Panne
Hani
ie ow thre things.” he poten sod
[Now it's 10.15 and K isin the study. Sir Michael's dead
‘body isn't here now. The police took phtogrphs ofthe
study and photographs of the body. Then they took the
‘body to the police station. A police doctor has already
Tooked at the body. The police already know the answer to
three impertant questions.
1 Sir Michael didn't die of poison. He drank some whisky
1819.20, but there wasn't any poison in the whisky and
there wasn't any poison in Sir Michael's blood
2 X stahbed Sir Michael through the heart with a sharp
weapon,
3 Sir Michael died a 9.25
‘A policeman telephoned K from the police station. “We
know three things," the policeman said “The first thing is
it wasn't poison, The second thing is it was a sharp
‘weapon ~ through the bear, The third thing is: Sir Michael
ied at 9.25."
The house
Lock at this photograph of
Sir Michael's houso. i
name is Flanders’ I's =
very big house and it’s in a
very big garden, There are
eight bedrooms upstairs.
Downstairs there's a hall,
and a kitchen and there are
four big rooms: dining
room, living room, a
study and a library. Plans
Here isa plan of the rooms downstairs. Look atthe plan
carefully. Sir Michael had dinner with the four other
people at eight o'clock this evening, That was inthe dining
zoom, Then he went te his study at nine o'clock.
sai
El
Kitchen Library |
vy] g
seis
study
Living Room
Window ‘landeas dowetars plan The study and the murder
‘The murder happened in Sit Michael's study, Here isa
police photograph ofthe study. Look ati carefully and
describ it. Then zead K's report
The clues
Now look a the che carefully and descsibe them. Thon
read K's report
K found these things:
gone water em Sir
Geckaals SF pote
hm
hiseyatase
SR hee es
Be cclengiaat
aor locke trom
he ins
Wado tached.
Prom Die iste
K didn’t find these things: 70
senting note for ber eport
7
Is this what happened? K’s first
9,00 Sir Michael came into
the study and locked the
‘door from the inside
19.02 He shut the window and
locked it from the inside.
‘9.05 He sat at his desk and
‘wrote, Then he used the
dictaphone.
9.20 He went to the drinks
ccuphoard, He poured a glass
‘af whisky and drank some.
9.22 He went to the
refrigerator. He wanted 9.25 X came into the room
and stabbed Sir Michel with
a sharp woapon. Then X lef
1.30 Mrs Flack knocked at
the door and called three
of the other people.
19.35 Thoy broke down the
door,
9.40 Lady Blizabeth
telephoned the police
950 The police and K
arrived,
Is this theory right? Then how did X get into the room
and how did he or she get out? The window and doar were
Tocked from the inside. There aren't any secret dats
passages. Why is there water on Sir Michael's shirt and on
the floor?
2
Other theories
K's first theory is not vary good. Think of other theories
Then compare them with K's
K’s second theary
Iwas suicide. No, Why? Because
there wasn't any poison in the
whisky and there wasn't any
poison in Sic Michael'sblood. |S
Did Sit Michael use a knife? No.
‘Why? Because there fant a knife
in the room, So it wasn’t suicide
K’sthird theory
X was already in the room, He or
she murdered Sir Michael with a
[knife and let X took the knifo (or
sharp weapan) with him (or her).
No. Why? The dear was lacked
from the inside and the window
‘was Iocked from the inside.
K's fourth theory
X used the keyhole, No, Why?
‘The key was in the lock
Did you think of other theories?
Did you compare therm with K's?
How did they compare?
Fry Sir MichaePs habits (K’s report)
ATS Mrs Flack answers some
questions
K satin Sir Michaels char in the study and spoke to Mrs
Flack,
“So they all had dinner and talked, Mrs Flack?” K asked,
“Yes, miss," Mrs Flack sai.
“Did they laugh, too, Mrs Flack?”
“Oh, yes, miss. They're all good friends."
“Good friends, Mrs Flack?”
"Yes well, er ~ Sir Michael and Lady Elizabeth, well —
they.
“They quarrelled, Mes Flack?”
“Yes, miss, but not at dinner, After dinner Sir Michael and
dy Hlizabeth went to the brary. just the two of them.
hey quarrelled, Theaed ther Twas in the kitehen. They
shouted and shouted. We all heard ther.”
“Then whet?”
“Then Sir Michael went to his study
“What time was that?”
“It was nine o'clock.”
“Did Sir Michael
always goto hia study
atnine c'clack?™
“Yes, miss, He
worked in his stady
from 9,00 tll 1.00 or
2.00 in the morning,
Sometimes his
secretary went to his
study with him,” Mas
Flack said.
Ms Flack answers some questions,
76
7
this evening?
“No, mist tock Sir Michael a cup of coffe at 920. 1
always take him a cup af coe at 9.20, I knacked at the
study door but he didn't answer. Tknocked again and
‘again, Tshouted buthe didi't answor so called Lady
Flizabeth, Colonel Faweett, and Mr Cavell.”
“And Miss Everett?”
"No, miss. She was inthe garden. Colonel Fawcett and
Mr Cavell broke dawn the door and we found him — Sir
‘Michael - we found him on the floor— dead! Ob, miss!”
Mrs Flack cried. She was very sad
Thank you, Mrs Flack,” K said quietly. Lady Elizabeth’s story
‘Mrs Flack loft the study and K verote her report. Then there
‘was a knack atthe door. It was very quiet. “Come in,” K
said quietly, The door op
“You wanted to soem,” Lady Elizabeth said
jady Blizabeth. Came in and sit down please. A
“No, thank you, Inxpector.”
‘Kasked quietly
jow ean you ask? Mike's gone. He's dead. Dead! It isnt
ist Inspectar? It isn’ true.”
“Sh! K said "Tell me about him."
“Miko? He was a good insband. We marsied twenty-five
years ago, That's a lang time, isn't it? He was jst ot of the
army then. He loved me and I loved hizn We didn't have
any children and Mike was always sony about that. But be
was always a good husband to me."
ways?
ysl" Le
Elizabeth shouted. “Wall —
there were,
“Yes?” K asked quietly.
“Other women. Al these
seccotaries!” Lady Elizabeth
Ged. “Mike always liked
young secretaries ~ and they
liked him, For his money!
ook at this new one. This.
this... What's her namo?
This Angola Everett The
Title,” Lady Elizabeth's
voice was quiet but her face
was red and her eyes were
"You wanted ose me," Lady
linbthei
78
angry. “Oh,” sho said, "Thated Mike's soretaries. They
‘were always young, always pretty and they took him away
from me, But I7vally hate this socretary. This Angela
Everett. She comes into may house every day. She comes
‘with Miko. T'm sorry, Lady Elizabeth,’ she says in her
pretty lite voice, ‘Tmust take Sir Michael from you. We
hhave work 1 do. Mike loved ma. I know it! Tknow it! But
hi liked other wamen. He was rich, so women liked him.
Yes, Vloved Mike, but sometimes, I hated him. T hated him!
Perhaps he's in this room now. Perhaps he can hear me. I
loved him and I hated hit. He knew that well”
What happened this evening?” K asked
"oved bie and hated hi,”
7 “So Six Michael went ois study at nin o'clock, What
a did you dot Kasked.
cla) ge ed women, ul ent to the ving room. [wanted to speak tomy
rts Yo mon Iwshos, Anew. We sat and talked, Iola him about Mike
Thats not true, Liz | and about that woman, Everett. Andrew knows all about
ed it
Sir Michael wos in tho study. Did you hear ies”
“No AL.30 Nancy shouted. Andraw and rant the
sty The door was locked. Andrew and Colonel Faweet
broke dawn the door Then {saw Mie'sbody onthe Noo.
was dead! Iteloponed the police.
Where was Mis Evert?” Kathe
Inthe garden, She often went tothe study ater dinner”
utnot tonight"
(Watt eter MEA | Tent iston \\
f Sieg ieee | "No. Not tonight, She was inthe garden. Why did Mike
‘Sens yous die? It wasn't suicide, 0 perhaps she knows. Peaps she
‘can tel you. A woman lke that cannot bring good to this
‘house, Can I go now?" Lady Elizabeth asked suddenly.
“OF course,” K said “Thank you, Lady Elizabeth.”
Siena
"Can Ig now?" Lady Blob aked sudden
0 2 Colonel Fawcett’s story
‘Tho timo was 10.45. There was a knock atthe study doar.
“Can Tcome in?” & vaice asked. It was a man’s voce,
Yes," K said,
The door opened and Colonel Fawoett came in. "You
‘want to se all of us tonight, Inspoctor?”
"Yes," K said, “A drink, Colonel Faweutt”™
“Yes ploase
whisky?"
“Yes please, Inoed one!”
“tea”
“Tos? Ex—er—no thank you, Idon't want any ice. Just
‘water please. Thank you.
“He was your friend” K said
“Yes, A very good friend, too,” the Colonel said, He put
his head betwoon his hands, "Dead! Michael Gray dead! |
can’t heliows it.”
“i's sad," K said, “but it's true, Tell me about him."
‘Wo were inthe army togother, That was twenty-five
years ago. Then Michael left the army, married Elizabeth
‘and went into Cavell Industries. That's Lady Elizabeth's
family firm. She was a Cavell. eft the army five years ago
T'm notin the army now but people call me Colonel.
‘Deod! Michoel Cray dead lean belive
2
novded work so I went to my old friend, Michael. He
hoped me.”
“Helped you? How?” K asked.
‘Oh ~ er um. Money. You know.
‘/don't know,” K said
Hla gave me money.”
“Gave you?”
“Lent m
“How much did he lend you?”
50,000."
“Mm, And what did you do with it”
put it info my business,
“What is your business, Colonel Fawcett?"
“Well it sn really a business... horses... you know.”
You gambled the money,” K said sharply.
“Yes, gambled and lost” the Colonel said. “Michael
knew about this. He was very angry with mo. He said, 'T
lent you this money and now you must pay ithack to me.I
said,'Tcan’t. Thaven't any money!” He sid, “Then you
‘must sell your house!’ T didn't want to sell my house. We
«quarrelled about this.
He's dead now.” K said. “Are you really sorry?”
“Sorry? Of course I'm sorry. Wa quarrelled about money,
Dbut we were frends, Good friends. Army friends are
always good friends
“What did you do in the army, Colonel?
“Twas with the engineers. Michael was with the
engineers, 00."
‘Are you am engineer?”
Twas an engineer.
“and now you gamble with other people's money.” K
said sharply,
“I gambled and lost
“You quarrelled with Sir Michael about money. Tell me
bout it.
sah ise ou u AN
Bi “Tell me about tonight.
“Tonight? After dinner I went to the living room. Iwent
‘with Andrew. Michel and Blizabeth went tothe library.
They quarrelled. We heard them from the living room,
‘They often quacrelled, Michael and Elizabeth. Michael —
‘you know —he liked women. And Angola, well, she's 2
pretty litle thing." The Colonel smiled. “Tike you,
Inspector. A protty litle thing.”
“Thank you, Colonel,” K said coldly and smiled. “What
did you do after dinner?”
“Well, Michael went to his study, Elizabeth camo to the
living room and I went tothe library satin the library and
Miia & Taare know | read.”
[owe ise ETT wane
ou na pay me back non
se tha ‘Alone?”
[van my money, “Yes, alone. The housekeapor, Mrs Flack, brought mo
some coffee at 9.30. Then she took some coffve to Michael.
His door was locked, She shouted. Ivan tothe study. You
Know the story.”
“Yes, nt not all the story — yet!” K said sharply. "You
can go now, Colonel, and please call Miss Evoret for me.” 28
Angela Everett’s story
“1 don't ike this room,”
Mise Everett said. "Mick
died in here, Only two
hours ago Mick died in|
here. Why de you use
this room?”
“Thave my reasons,” K
said. "Sit down, Miss
Evoret. A drink?”
"Yes please. A very
lange whisky and a lt of "
seaplane “Calne Fact ells yo ‘a pety
K went to the 7
refrigerator. She opened Min
it, then she opened the freezer and took out the ie tay,
She put some ice in Miss Bvere’s drink and them put the
ico-tray hack in the freezer. K looked into the freezer, then
she looked at Miss Everett.
“Why are-yon looking at me?” Miss Everett asked
suddenly.
Colonel Fawcett calls you ‘a prety litle thing’ Are
yout” K asked sharply.
“Are you” Miss Everett asked. She spoke sharply, too.
“Tm asking the quastions,” K answerod. "Hare's your
drink”
“Thanks.”
“Hie loved you."
“Of course he did, Didn't she tll you?”
“She?”
“That woman, His wile, She didn't ove him. She
quarvelled with him. All he time. She quarveled with my
Mick.”
“ick?”
os, he was Mick’ to mo. ‘Mike to her. ‘Michael"to
‘other people, My Mick loved me. She always shouted at
him, quarrelled with him, So he always came ta me. She
gave him hate. I gave him love.”
“You really loved him?”
‘Of course. oved him deeply. And she know it, Thate
her. hate that woman,” Miss Fverett shoutod. "She hated
‘my Mick and hate her. She murdered hir. know it.1
know it”
“Sir Michael was fifty-five. And you are twenty-five
“What are you saying?” Miss Everett asked sharply
‘Don't you Know any nice men of fifty-five? Mick was nice,
Really nice”
“And rich,” K aid sharply. “He Tefta lot of money to
x
“And rch” K so harp
@ you, in is will.
Really? How do you know that?”
Tm asking the questions and you're answering ther," K
said, "You know about the money?”
“Yes,” Miss Everett answered.
“How much did he leave you?™
don't know.”
"You know very well. Tell me,” K said sharply
‘Mick changed his wil twa weeks ago. He left lot of
monoy to her of caurse, She doosn't need maney. She's
rich. But he left £100,000 to me. He told me about it
“Sir Michael is dead now and that’s @ good thing for
you.”
“Good for me? What are you saying? 1loved him. Don't
you understand?”
“Yes, but perhaps you're rich now. Pechaps you have
£100,000."
“Jealous?” Miss Bverott asked K sharply. “Listen,
policewoman, love maney. Thats true. But Ilaved Mick
“Listen, paicowomen, Lore mons.”
28
Do you heat? Lloved Mick. Why did the police send
woman detective?” Miss Everett asked
Ask them,” K said
“You're prety,” Miss Evaret sald, "My Mick liked pretty
“I must tll er that,” K said
‘Yes, Tell her, Paso tell hoe
You often went to the study with Sir Michael after
dinner.”
"Yes, We worked together. We usually wont tothe study
at 9.00, Tusually had a whisky with Mick. Then we
‘worked, The housekeeper usually brought us a cup of
coffee at 9.30. I worked till 12.00, then I went home.”
"ut you didn’t go to Sir Michael's study tonight?"
°No, I didn't Ie’ strange.”
“Strange?”
“Yes, Mick didn’t want me to go, He wanted tobe alone.”
“Tell me about it.”
“Hs word tobe alone” In the car on the way home
Wilve ner) [yearn
eon ee een
30
“And where were you tonight —at the time of the
murder?
in the garden,”
“Where, inthe garden?”
“Outside Mick's study.
‘why?
“T wanted to walk, I's cold night butts fine. needed
sir. Mick was in his study. T wanted to bo with him and T
‘was alone. I didn't want to stay in the house.”
“You were afaid,” K sai.
“Afrmid? Why?”
“Perhaps Siz Michael wanted to change his will again,
‘You were afraid ofthat. You didn’t want that, did you™
“That's not tae. I only wanted to be with him. It wasn't
thomoney.”|
"You want to be a sich woman,
“Quiet!” Miss Everett shouted. “I'm pretty and you hate
sme, You like her. Wel, listen. Tdidn' doit, See? didn't
da it” Miss Everett shouted. Then she ran out of he room,
‘Then she ran out of the room.
n Andrew Cavell’s story
an I come in?" a voice said. The voice was cool,
aristocratic
“Yes, and shut the door please," K said. Sho looked up.
“It’s me. Andrew Cavell. Miss Everett has left ~I think”
K looked at thi cool aristocratic figure in his fine suit.
"Miss Everett has left ~ you think,” K sad.
‘heard hor, We all heard her," Mir Cavell laughed.
‘Whisky, Mr Cavell?” K asked.
“Yes please.”
“tcet™
Erno thanks. ust water please. Thank you.”
“What can you tell me about Sir Michaol?™
‘Alot, What do you want to know?”
“Alot
“Well, I didn’t Tike him. can tell you that. He was my
sistor’s husband, But I didn’t like Michael at all. Tnever
liked him,
{looked at his oristorati fre
2
“Michael marred my sister twenty-five years ago. He
‘wasn't arich man then —jast out ofthe army. Wo ~ the
family ~took him into the fra. My father, Lord Cavell
liked him, He worked hard. He became a Director of Cavell
Industries, Cavell Industrie is the family firm. Michael
‘a hard worker, but he married into money,
‘on never liked hm, Why?
““A number of reasons. Ho often quarrelled with Elizabeth,
and I didn’t like that at all He liked women and he spent a
Tot of money on them, But he spent money like water.
didn't like that. t's ourmoney, the family’s. He changed
his will. My sister told me about it, He wanted to leave
£100,000 to that silly gil, Angela Evert”
“His secretary.
“Yes —his secretary.”
‘Why did you come to ‘Flanders’, Mr Cavell?”
“T wanted to speak to Michael. Hé and I had a talk before
slinsier.
“Tell me about it”
He ond had atl before dinner”
3 arene] Hl ye ci an Fon ey
faa Conta)
|
“Well, he's dead now, so that’s good for Cavell
Industries."
“Yes, He's dead and I'm glad. The faally firm is very
important to me, Of course, 'm sory for my sister. She
really loved him. But i's good forthe family.
“Did Sir Michael leave £100,000 to Miss Everett?"
‘don't know. havea’: seen the will. He talked about i."
“Perhaps Miss Everett isa ich woman now.”
‘Perhaps she i.”
“You're very coal, Me Cavell
“Cool?”
“Yes, He's dead and you're glad. Pechaps he has let
£100,000 te his scretary. But you don't look angry. You
really hated Sir Michael, didnt you? Behind that cool face,
you hated him.” 3
~frue, madam, but I didn't murder him,
"Sir Michael died at 9.25. Where were you at the time?”
Hasn't my sister told you? I was inthe living roam. She
spoke to me about Everet. Then we heard Nancy — Mes
Flack, We ran outside, We ran tothe study door. Colonel
Fawcett and I broke down the door, We saw the body on.
the floor ~ just thee, Elizabeth telephoned the police.”
‘Did you touch the body?”
'No, Michael was dead. We all saw that and we didn't
touch the body. We just waited forthe police.”
‘And the police sent me.”
"Yes, madam. The police sent you.
“Thank you, Me Cavell
‘Can we al goto bed now?"
‘No, 'm som. I's late, Bt! must speak to all of you. But
st 'must speak to Mrs Flack.”
Il send her to you.”
Thank you, Mr Cavell
Yes, madam. Tha potion ant yon,
Nancy Flack’s story
“Whisky, Mrs Flack?”
‘Oh, yas please, miss. A large one,
“You ike whisky, Mis Flack?”
Sr... well, mis Lo."
“You often drink Sir Michael's whisky...2"
Foc Well L
cer"
No, no thank you. Well, yes please."
K took the ice-tray out ofthe freezer. She took a pieoe of
ice out oft and put it in tho whisky. "Look at this tay, Mis
Flack.”
“eok a ths ry, Mix Pack 38
"love ny lady Eleabat.”
“What about it, mis? I illed it this morning.”
“Wall, Sir Michael died herein front ofthe refrigerator.
Ho had a glass of whisky in his hand. He wanted some ic,
s0 he went tothe refrigerator. He didn't get any ice.”
"How do you know, miss
"You and Miss Evorett had ice in your whisky. That's
‘two pieces. Sir Michael didn't have any. That's strange,
isn't ite"
“Yes, miss, ts very strange."
“How long have you been with the family?"
“Forty years."
“That's along time
"Yes, miss. Lady Eligaboth was a litle gel then - eight
years cld. Mr Andrew was a baby. I worked for Lord and
Lady Cavell. They're dead naw.”
"You like the family
‘Yes, miss love them all. They're all very kind. I love
sy Lady Elizabeth,”
‘And Sir Michael? Did you love him?"
“Yes, miss. loved him, too. They married twenty-five
years ago. TTemember it well. Thave worked for them since
then, Sis Michael was @ good man. A kind man.”
jeand Lady Elizabeth often quarrlled.”
“Yes, mise. But he loved her deeply and she loved hin
“But he liked pretty girl."
“He was a man, mies."
“And Miss Everett? What about hor?”
“Ob, 1 don't like her, miss. [was always afraid of her.
“Afraid?”
"Yes, miss. She wasn't like the other girls. Sir Michael
listened to her. ‘Petbaps they'll run away and leave Lady
Elizabeth,’ I thought, and I didn't ike that.
“You were afraid of it
Why?"
“Well... clean this study every day, miss and.
“And you always read Sir Michael's letters?”
es. YOR, SS.
“Tell me about it.”
And you always rd Sit Michael's letra?”
mi Teter
fexteaoia
rina
es | ea
“Now they can't run away together. Are you glad, Mrs
lack?”
“No, miss."
Nom
“No, because Sir Michael's dead. I didn't want Sir
‘Michael to ran away with Miss Everett But I didn’t want
hhim to die | served him for twenty-five years, miss.
“You're very loyal to this family, Mrs Flack”
"Yes, miss. Thats the word, ‘loyal’. don't know why.
‘You see, I haven't family, miss. This is my family. Now T
want to be with Lady Elizabeth. Always. ! want to help her.
Miss Everett isa wicked woman, Sir Michael is dead. She
has taken Sir Michael rom us. She's really wicked, miss.”
Toll me about tonight, Mrs Flack.” 2
“Well, mise. Dinner was at 8.00. sorved dinner, then 1
made some coffee for Colonel Faweett and some coffee for
Sir Michael. always take ~er— took —coffee to Sir
Michael after dinner. Lady Elizabeth and Mr Andrew ware
inthe living room. They didn't want any coffee. I took the
coffee to Colonel Fawcett in the Ibrary. Then I went to the
study with Sir Michael's coffe, I knocked atthe door and
he didn't answer. [tied to open the door, but it was locked
you know the story, miss.”
"Yes. You shouted and three ofthe others came. Mise
Beret didn’t come,
“No, miss, She was inthe garden — she says.
“She was in the garden, Mrs Flack. Then Colonel Fawoatt
‘and Mr Andrew broke down the doar. And you saw Sir
Michael. He was there ust behind you, on the lor,
dead!"
Mrs Flack looked behind her and jumped. "Yes, miss.
Just there!” She put her heed between her hands and cried
“You can go now, Mrs Flack, Thank you.”
id it? Make your choice:
her husband because
a) she was jealous of
‘Angela Everet
b)she hated him.
her brother
‘wanted it
2 Colonel Favwoett
‘murdered Sir Michael
becaise
alo was afraid of
him.
phe didn't want to
pay back the
£50,000,
he gambled.
Sir Michael because
a] she was jealous of
Lady Gray.
bi) she wanted
£100,000.
)she hated him.
1 Lady Elizabeth murdered
o
a
Qo
o
o
3 Angola Everett murdered
Q
a
Qo 4 Androw Cavell murdered K’s notes
Sir Michael hecause:
abe didnt ke him. [Ey 1 these pote have motives for tha murder
the wanted to save
his firm. a ady Elizabetn
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Flerees! a wea stp ond dco 1.30: In the study
“1s vory late, know and I'm sorry. I'm sorry forall this
trouble, You've al irad. Please sit down. Mrs Flack haz
brought us some coffe. That's very kind, Mrs Flack. Thank
you. I'late and we all want to go to bed, but I must speak
to:you. Of course, T have spoken to you alane, one by one,
‘There are three questions and I must answer them:
1. Who murdered Sit Michaol? Qe af you murdered him,
‘You are sitting there. You are looking at me and there is
‘murder in your bear. Perhaps I know your name, perhaps 1
don't Tea tll you yet.
2 Why did X muirder Sie Michael? You all have motives:
ethaps you wore jealous, perhaps you wanted money
perhaps you were loyal. can’t answer this question yet
3 How did X murder Sir Michael? Don't tell me. lean seve
you the trouble. know the answer to this question now. T
‘ean tell you.”
kw the anawor to ths question.*
What happened between 9.00
and 9.25?
ir Michaol's death was strange. He was alone in the room
and the doar and window were locked from the inside. X
dlidn't come inta the room and didn't leave the room atthe
time of the murder. X prepared the murder carefully. Haw
did X prepare the murder? I know the answer — think,
You all know Sir Michael's habits very well, Sir Michael
always went to his study after dinner. Sometimes his
secrotary wont with him, but she didn't go with hira
tonight, Sit Michael always had a drink and worked til
Tato, Mrs Flack always brought him some coffee after
dinner. What happoned between 9,00 and 9.25? That's the
question, [won't answer it yet. I want to say one thing,
How tall was Sir Michael? He was 180 em tal. Now look
al the roftigerator. How high is the freezer from the floor? It
is. 149 oms high. This is important. The freezer isin line
‘with Sir Michael's heart. What happened?”
Tryto answer K's question —
Don’t turn over yet! am a5 ‘Sir Michael went into his stady at 8.00. He locked the
door and the window. Then at 02 he sal down at his dosk
‘and wrote. Then from 9.15 till 9.20 he used the
dictaphone. At 9.20 he went to the drinks cupboard, He
‘Wanted some whisky. He poured some whisky into a glass
tnd then water. He drank some. Then he wanted some ice
He openod the refrigerator. Then he opened the freezer. He
pulled the joosnay with his left hand and then what
happened? He triggered a mechanism in line with his
heat, This mechanism shot an icicle into Sir Michael's
heart, Sir Michael tuned and fell to the oor. He was dead.
The glass fell out of his right hand, The icicle was in his
‘bear, so there was blood and water on his shirt and blood
‘and water on the carpet. There wasn't a murder weapon:
there wasn't a gun ora knife. The sharp weapon was an
Icicle, It disappeared ~ and there was only water! The
‘mechanism is stil
jn the wall behind
the freszet, You
‘can't tigger it
now. One of you
put it there. One of
‘you came into this
oom before Sir
Miche] and put it
there. Who was
tf" K asked. “T
‘want to know.
‘Was t you,
Lady Elizabeth?” K
asked. "You were
BSS
alos of Sir
Michael's
socrotaris. You. "Thismechanin stan iil into Sic
hate Angela cho! hare
a ‘Byorett and you wanted to punish your husband.”
"No, no. didn't doit. Loved him, I loved him,”
“Was it you, Colonel Fawoott? He gave you a lat of
money. You gambled it on horses and lost it. He wanted it
back”
‘Of course not, Inspector. He was my fiend,
“And you, Miss Everett? He changed his will and perhaps
the left you £100,000 alot of money and you wanted it."
“Tid it. You think that, don't you, policewoman? Well 1
didn't” Angela Everett spat the words at K.
“And you, Mr Cavell, always 50 cool, always so
aristocratic? You were worried about the £100,000. You
‘wanted to save the firm, Sir Michael spent money on
‘women and you didn't like i
Mr Cavell didn't answer,
“And you, Mrs Flack? You read his eters. You wanted to
punish him.”
“Oh, miss, [didn't miss, really, I didn’t. {didn't do i
“Between 9.02 and 9.25 Sir Michael wrote at his desk.
What did he write? That's the question, He wrote a letter to
Andrew Cavell. Ihave it here. I read some of ito you.
‘Dear Androve, You're worried abort money, know. 1
changed my will two weeks ago, butT didn't leave any
money to Angela. She thinks so, but I didn’t She's silly
‘inland I'm tired of her. Perhaps Ineed a new secretary
‘Oht” Angela cried. “The pig! The pig!” She spat the
word pig
"And at §.15 he used his dictaphone. What did he
dictate? Listen to his voices. "Angela, darling, You're a
nice gil and you've been good to me, but it cant go on, 1
am dictating this to you because I don’t want to write a
letter. Twant to speak to you. T want to say goodbye to you.
You're « young woman and your life is in font of you.
Goodbye, my darling, I only..."
“Why? Why?" Angela screamed. “The pig! I hato im.
hate all of you! Fhate you! I hate you!”
“You took him from me!" Lady Elizabeth cried.
“Quiet!” Miss Everett shouted. “You can have him. Ho's
ead! You and your family! You Grays and Cavell. All so
aristocratic! With your fine houses and your fine cars and
‘your money! You can only think of money. He never Loved.
‘me and T knew it. An old man of fifty-five! Pah! And T
didn't love him, Yos, wanted his money, but I couldn't
Ihave it. Ofcourse didn’t murder him. One of you did
that. Thanks. You saved me the trouble, He's dead and I'm
lad.”
‘Miss Everut put her face in her hands and ran out of the
‘oom. There were teas in her eyes.
Colonel Faweat gt up. “No, dan fallow her, Colonel
FFawcot," K sald. "She won't leave. She can't leave, My
‘She ran ou of he room. Goodnight
K looked at her watch. Tt was 2:28, “We must all go to bed,”
sho said. “We're all tired." Then she spoke to Lady
Elizabeth, I's very Inte, Lady Elizabeth,” K sald, “and 1
can’t leave this house. You must all stay inthe house, too.
‘Yau can't leave, so don’t try. There are police all round i
Whore can I sleep, Lady Elizabeth?” K esked, "I don't want
tastay in this room,”
“There's a room upstairs,” Lady Elizabeth said. “You ean
sloop there, Inspector.
"Thank you, Lady Elizabeth, Goodnight to you all" K
sald.
"Gaodnight, Inspector.” they all said.
‘They all left the study and went to their bedrooms
upstairs.
“They wen! to their bedrooms upstairs
A figure in the dark
1.was three o'clock in the morning. It wes very dark and
the house was very quiet. K wont downstairs quietly and
‘went back tothe study. She st in Sir Michael's chair and
Waited ..9.15..9.90,.445..A.00,.4,15,.4.90,..K was
very tired, She only wanted to slogp...tosleep..ta sleep.
Suddenly she looked up! She heard a noise. It was the
study door. The door opened very quitly. K saw a figure
in the dark, It was the outline of a man! K cauld see very
‘well in the dark. She watched and listened. The Figure
‘went to the refigerator. He pulled the reirigerator quietly
from the wall. Thon he pulled a small box aut ofthe wal.
“The mechanism! He's come for the mechanism!" K
thought. She got up and went quelly tothe figure. The
‘man looked atthe box and didn't hear K.
“Don't move!” K whispered. “Don’t move, oF.
“Aaah...” the man cried. He tried to in out oF the r00m,
Don’t turn over yet!
Who is the man in the dark? Make your choice! jumped onthe man and held his ams, She knew hor The answer to K’s first question:
judo. A quick moveand the man was on the fot. Then & 7
sharp karate chop! She hit the man hard in the neck! How...?
“"Amght the man rod. Suddenly K turned on the light :
sta minute, Inspector,” Colonel Fawcett sald suddenly.
and leaked dawn at the floor. “Look! I'm not the murderer. You don' think that, do
“Colonel Fawcet! she cried. wae
“*Yos, Inspector. I's me. Oa! Please don’t hit me again. ‘Why are you here?" K asked,
You're a prety litle thing, but you know your judo..and 1 wanted to soe this mechanism. t'm an engineer,
{hat karate chop...Ooh!” Colonel Faweet touched his mock xemernber? Itied ta sleep, but T couldn. I thought about
Tightly this mechanism. How clover, thought, [must se it, So 1
“You came for the mechanism,” K said. “I waited for you.
['ve been here since three o'clock. [was sleepy five misiutes|
‘came downstairs. moved the refrigerator and gat the
‘mechanism out of the wall, Then I got some of your judo
ago, but 'm not sloopy now!” and your hard karate chop. Ooh! You really hit me.”
The mechanism was onthe floor. Colonel Fawatt took it Colonel Fawcett touched his neck lightly. "But look at this
in hisright hand. "T didn't think.” he said “I didn't ‘mechanism! You soe? Itwas behind the refigeratar. The
think,.."and his voice died away. box went into the wall and this piece went into the back of
the freezer. This string went on the ice-tray. Michael pulled
the ice tray and this triggered the mechanism. It was in line
‘with his bear, Look inside the box. See? It's a powerfal
bow. Very small, of eaurse, And it shoots icicles! Michel
‘opened the fovzer, pulled the ico-tway and WHAM! ~ an
icicle through the heart! Then it tured to water and
disappeared. The murder weapon just disappeared! Very
lever!
‘Michael mado this bow,” Colonel Faweett said "I's
small but powerful. The murderer putan jeicle in the froezer just before nine o'clock, Michael pulled the ice-tray.
Mas stuck in the freezer. Stuck with ice tothe bottom of
the freezer. So he pulled it hard, The icicle went into the
string on the bow. The string went back and WHAM! The
icicle went like an arove. Very clover!”
“Sir Michael made this bow?” K asked
Yes. He often made thing like this in the army. It was
his hobby.” Suddenly Colonel Fasccett stopped, He spoke
slowly. *Michaol made this how and i killed him. Who
put it behind the refrigerator? Not me. Really, Inspector, 1
didn't”
“Yon didn't. kno
“Then whe...?”
“Til answer that question now!” K whispered.
‘walked tothe door very quietly. Then she suddenly
‘opened the door.
*Aaaah!
said,
“There's a person outside the door. Who is it? Make your
choice:
Noney ck
The answer to K’s second
question: Who.
“Nancy!” K eri sharply.
“Oh, miss!” Mrs Flack c
“Nancy!” K said sharply. “What are you doing?”
Mas Flack didn’t anewer
“You're listening, aren't you, Nancy?"
“Yes, miss,” Mrs Flack sai,
K pulled Nancy into the room. “Now answer me. Why
‘are you listening?”
“Twant to know... want to know... about the murder,
"Yes, You want to know,” K said sharply. “This bow was
in tho wall behind the refrigerator. You wanted ta take it
‘out. And why did you want to take it out?
Mas Flack didn’t answer.
You can’t answor? Then Pl tell you, You wanted to take
‘tout because you put it there. You put it there before nino
o'clock lastnight.”
Mas Flack still didn't answer.
“Didn't you?” K shouted.
“Yes, miss,” Mrs Flack
whispered.
The lights weat on all over
the house. First Angela Bveret
came downstairs, then
‘Andrew Cavell, then Lady
Blizabeth. They all went into
the suds
“Oh, Tm go sleepy.” Miss
Everett said, “What's
happening? What's all this Andrew Cavell looked at the bow and then at Mrs Flack.
But he didn't speak. Lady Elizabeth looked at the bow and
then at Mrs Flack. "That's Michael's," she said, "He made
ite He often mace things like that. It was his hobby.” She
went to Mrs Flack and held her arms. "Now look at me,
Nancy,” she said quietly. "Look into my eyes.” Mrs Flack
looked up slvily. "Lock into my eyes,” Lady Elizabeth
said sharply. Mrs Flack looked inte Lady Elizabeth's eyes,
“Now tll me. You didn't do it. Tall mo that ploase, Nancy.
You didn't kill my husband,
“But di, my Tady," Mrs Flack sai, “Tiled him,
bot.
“Nancy!” Lady Elizabeth screamed. “Oh, Nancy! How
could you, Nancy? How could you?” Lady Elizabeth asked,
You've served my family for forty yoars, Nancy. You came
to this family forty yoars ago. Iwasa child of eight. Andrew
“ook into my eyes."
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was a baby. You lave us, We love you. You've served
Michael for twenty-five years. You loved him, too. Nancy,
‘yor couldn't do this wicked thing. You coulde't! You
couldn't! Why, Nancy, why?”
‘Oh, my Lady,” Nancy said with tears in her eyes. "Sir
Michael made this powerful bow. I took it and made a
plan. Icame into this study last night at @.50. You didn't
hhear me, I put an icicle in the freeze. I made the icicle in
the big refrigerator in the kitchen. put the mechanism in
the wall behind the freezer a week ago I prepared the
‘mechanism a month ago. Last night I put the icicle into
place, Last night was the night. [worked carefully and
didn't leave any fingerprints. 've prepared a longtime for
last night.”
"Yes, but why did you do it” Lady Elizabeth said The answer to K’s third
question: Why...?
‘ut, my Lady, | didn’t want to kill Sir Michael. He wasn't
‘my victim, Ioved him and Ilove you. Fe wasn't always
kind to you and you often quarrelled, He went with other
women. I wanted to kil that woman there! That wicked
‘woman, Evert. That was my motive, She usually came to
‘the study with Sir Michael. knew their habits. She
usually poured some whisky in a glas for Sir Michael. She
usually put some ice in the whisky. I prepared this
‘mechanism very carefully for her, but lastnight she didn't
come, Sho was in the garden I didn’t know that atthe
time. Twas inthe kitchen, At 9.20 [brought the coffee and
Sir Michael dint open the docr. Then T new. He was
‘dead! Dead! And that woman, that wicked woman wasn't!
‘Oh, my Lady, what could Ida? What could I da?" Tears
ran down Mrs Flack's face,
‘A policewoman went to her and whispered saly, “Come
to the station with us now, Mrs Flack” She took Mrs Flack
‘ut of the room,
“What could I do? What cauld Ido?” Mre Flack said
again and again.
Fervent ll
rood
=
"ved oA hat woman tect”
Goodbye
Its early morning, The sun is just coming up in Uae cold,
[Blue sky. A pretty gil is siting in a fast sports car. She
Jooks happy. The fast sports ca is just ouside ‘Flanders’
“Three figures aro standing beside the car: Lady Elizabeth,
Andrew Cavell and Colonel Fawoet. They say goodbye.
“The pretty girl speaks to Colonel Fawoett. “Whore’s Miss
Beret?"
‘She's aliady gone,” the Colonel said. "\ ealled you ‘a
pretty lite thing’ ~ and you are!” Colonel Pawoet laughed.
Thank you, Colonel. 'm not on duty now. I've changed
sy clothes, That's the end of my fst case. 'm nat ‘K" now.
Tm Katrina Kirby. The day's just starting, Goode!
“Goodbye!” the Colonel callod,
rm! The sound of the powerful engine broke the quiet
ofthe morning. Brrm! Berm! The powerful sports car