Agatha Christie

Dumb Witness


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      Dumb Witness

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by

      Collins 1937

      Agatha Christie® Poirot® Dumb Witness™

      Copyright © 1937 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.

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      Agatha Christie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008129569

      Ebook Edition © September 2015 ISBN: 9780007422302

      Version: 2017-04-12

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       CHAPTER 1: The Mistress of Littlegreen House

       CHAPTER 2: The Relations

       CHAPTER 3: The Accident

       CHAPTER 4: Miss Arundell Writes a Letter

       CHAPTER 5: Hercule Poirot Receives a Letter

       CHAPTER 6: We Go to Littlegreen House

       CHAPTER 7: Lunch at the George

      

       CHAPTER 8: Interior of Littlegreen House

      

       CHAPTER 9: Reconstruction of the Dog’s Ball Incident

      

       CHAPTER 10: Visit to Miss Peabody

      

       CHAPTER 11: Visit to the Misses Tripp

      

       CHAPTER 12: Poirot Discusses the Case

      

       CHAPTER 13: Theresa Arundell

      

       CHAPTER 14: Charles Arundell

      

       CHAPTER 15: Miss Lawson

      

       CHAPTER 16: Mrs Tanios

      

       CHAPTER 17: Dr Tanios

      

       CHAPTER 18: ‘A Wolf in the Manger’

      

       CHAPTER 19: Visit to Mr Purvis

      

       CHAPTER 20: Second Visit to Littlegreen House

      

       CHAPTER 21: The Chemist; The Nurse; The Doctor

      

       CHAPTER 22: The Woman on the Stairs

      

       CHAPTER 23: Dr Tanios Calls on Us

      

       CHAPTER 24: Theresa’s Denial

      

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