The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot 21) - Page 141

There seems absolutely no reason why she should

commit a sudden assault on a guest. She is, in any

case, extraordinarily stupid, almost half-witted.

Her story has never varied. She brought Mrs.

Rhodes her hot water bottle and says the lady was

drowsy--just dropping off to sleep. Frankly, I

cannot believe, and I am sure no jury would believe,

that she committed the crime."

Mr. Petherick went on to mention a few additional

details. At the head of the staircase in the

Crown Hotel is a kind of miniature lounge where

people sometimes sit and have coffee. A passage

goes off to the right and the last door in it is the

door into the room occupied by Mr. Rhodes. The

passage then turns sharply to the right again and

the first door round the corner is the door into

Mrs. Rhodes' room. As it happened, both these

doors could be seen by witnesses. The first door--that

into Mr. Rhodes' room, which I will call A,

could be seen by four people, two commercial

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travelers and an elderly married couple who were

having coffee. According to them nobody went in

or out of door A except Mr. Rhodes and the

chambermaid. As to the other door in passage B,

there was an electrician at work there and he also

swears that nobody entered or left door B except

the chambermaid.

It was certainly a very curious and interesting

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