talk nonsense

Kristin 2022-04-22 07:01:08

First of all, most of the plot takes place in the same room, which has a taste of classic drama. Secondly, it broke the perfection of the meticulous plan, and made this murder mixed with many accidents from the beginning, and everything was doomed to get out of control, but Tony's reaction was too fast and too meticulous, under various reversals, until The last two minutes were full of infinite possibilities. The most amazing thing is that the mystery novelist actually deduced most of the truth about the murder by mistake! The expressions of the characters and the white space of the plot are just right. In the end I wondered if, in Margot's heart, she still loved her husband, just before he opened the door.

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  • Tony Wendice: [on the phone to a lawyer] We had a burglary last night, and Margot was attacked. No, she's all right. But the man was killed, and the police are here now. And don't laugh... they're suggesting that Margot killed him intentionally!

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: [interrupting Tony] I wouldn't say that if I were you, sir.

  • Mark Halliday: When did you find out, sir?

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: Well, the first clue came quite by accident.

    [to Margot]

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: We discovered that your husband had been spending a large number of pound notes all over the place - it ran into over three hundred pounds - and it appeared to have started at about the time you were arrested. Now, I had to find out where he got that money, and how. Then I remembered that after you were arrested we searched this flat, and I saw a copy of his bank statement in that desk. So yesterday afternoon, I went to the prison and asked to see your handbag. While I was doing this, I managed to lift your latchkey. Highly irregular, of course, but my blood was up. And then this morning when your husband was out, I came back here to look at his statement. I never saw it... because I never got through that door. You see, the key that I'd taken from your handbag didn't fit the lock!