NGAIO MARSH
Died in the Wool
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Died in the Wool first published in Great Britain by Collins 1945
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Source ISBN: 9780006512394
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2009 ISBN: 9780007344581
Version: 2017-12-18
Contents
11 According to Arthur Rubrick
Epilogue – According to Alleyn
| Florence Rubrick | Of Mount Moon |
| Arthur Rubrick | Her husband |
| Sammy Joseph | Wool buyer for Riven Brothers |
| Alf | Storeman at Riven Brothers |
| Roderick Alleyn | Chief Detective-Inspector, CID |
| Fabian Losse | Nephew to Arthur Rubrick |
| Douglas Grace | Nephew to Florence Rubrick |
| Ursula Harme | Her niece |
| Terence Lynne | Her secretary. Later gardener at Mount Moon |
| Mrs Aceworthy | Housekeeper at Mount Moon |
| Markins | Manservant at Mount Moon |
| Tommy Johns | Working manager at Mount Moon |
| Mrs Johns | His wife |
| Cliff Johns | Their son |
| Ben Wilson | Wool sorter |
| Jack Merrywether | Presser |
| Albert Black | Rouseabout |
| Percy Gould | Shearers’ cook |
1939.
‘I am Mrs Rubrick of Mount Moon,’ said the golden-headed lady. ‘And I should like to come in.’
The man at the stage-door looked down into her face. Its nose and eyes thrust out at him, pale, all of them, and flecked with brown. Seen at close quarters these features appeared to be slightly out of perspective. The rest of the face receded from them, fell away to insignificance. Even the mouth with