Fwd: Re: [MaC] Revelations?

[Brenda McCartney]

Sorry, it doesn't look like this one went to the list properly.

--- Brenda McCartney <windeaglebjm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:48:55 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brenda McCartney <windeaglebjm at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [MaC] Revelations?
> To: Allen Veazey <veazeyae at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> --- Allen Veazey <veazeyae at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > "But the arsenic only showed up in one cup," noted Cyril, nodding
> > at
> > > Fitzroy.  "His.  As to where I was standing, I was at the bar
> next
> > to
> > > Miss Diamond when she stormed out.  I asked Hodges for a towel to
> > clean
> > > the lift grease off my hands.  Hodges, you remember..." he
> glanced
> > at
> > > Hodges for confirmation.  "If my wife had not been the
> considerate
> > > person she is, I would have remained right there, but she told me
> > to go
> > > get the old towels from our flat to clean up.  That's what I
> did." 
> > He
> > > looked calmly at Warren as he finished, "Granted, my timing was
> > lousy, but I did not kill Miss Diamond."
> > 
> > "Yes, yes, of course," Warren said. "Just something
> > that Mister Skeffington-Nottle said, about focussing
> > on opportunity rather than motive. Granted, I've not
> > been here very long at all, so I haven't gotten to 
> > know the rest of you properly. From just opportunity,
> > there are some strange circumstances around you.
> > Your wife making the tea. Miss Diamond strangled
> > by a thin rope, or wire, but the piano was not
> > disturbed- and you work with durable goods and hardware.
> > Rat poison sold at hardware stores, too, when you
> > don't pop down to buy it at the chemist. They still
> > use arsenic, don't they? I've heard of that ghastly new stuff
> > that makes them bleed to death... but that's neither
> > here or there. And I understand that there was some
> > kind of... disagreement... between yourself and my
> > uncle." He shrugged. "I have to ask."
> 
> Cyril looks confused.  "Fitzroy's your uncle?  I can't remember
> anyone
> else I've had disagreements with.  There again, it wasn't anything
> worth killing over," he said with a grim set to his jaw.
> 
> "And I'd say access to wire is hardly conclusive," Cyril continued. 
> "I'm sure Mr. Hodges has some for electrical repairs.  Lord knows the
> lift alone needs it.  Or a musician, perhaps.  It doesn't have to be
> a
> piano.  Don't guitars or violins use wire strings as well?
> As for the arsenic, Hodges probably has access to that, too, to deal
> with the rats in the basement.  Just because he has access, though,
> doesn't make him a murderer.  Nor me, either."
> > 




		
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