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A Murder is Announced
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Описание:
by Agatha Christie (upper-intermediate - for those who learns English!)
Автор:
Serhio97
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10 ноября 2013 в 13:50
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1 CHAPTER ONE
An Extraordinary Announcement
Every morning between 7.30 and 8.30 Johnnie Butt, the newspaper boy, rode around the small village of Chipping Cleghorn on his bicycle. He stopped at each house and pushed the morning papers through the letterbox. On Friday mornings Johnnie also delivered to most of the houses a copy of the local paper, the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET known simply as the Gazette.
2 After a quick look at the headlines in the national papers, most people eagerly opened the Gazette. They glanced quickly through the Letters page, and then nine out of ten readers turned to the Personal Column.
This contained advertisements from people wanting to buy or sell things, from hens to garden equipment, or looking for help in the home. The notices in the Personal Column always interested the people of Chipping Cleghorn, but on one particular Friday RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET October 29th - a notice appeared which was more interesting than any of the others.
3 ***
Mrs Swettenham opened The Times, glanced through it quickly, then picked up the Gazette. When her son Edmund entered the room a moment later, she was busy reading the Personal Column.
'Good morning, dear,' said Mrs Swettenham. 'The Smedleys are selling their car.'
Edmund did not reply. He poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the breakfast table, then opened the Daily Worker.
'Selina Lawrence is advertising for a cook again,' Mrs Swettenham said.
4 'Yes, Mrs Finch?'
The door had opened and the unsmiling face of Mrs Swettenham's housekeeper appeared round it.
'Good morning, madam,' she said.
'Can I clear the table?'
'Not yet. We haven't finished,' said Mrs Swettenham. Mrs Finch stared coldly at Edmund before leaving again.
'Why do you have to read that awful paper, Edmund?' said his mother. 'Mrs Finch doesn't like it at all.'
'I don't think my political views are Mrs Finch's business.' 'And you're not even a worker.'
'That's not true!' said Edmund.
5 'I'm writing a book.'
'I meant real work,' said Mrs Swettenham.
She continued reading the Personal Column.
A marriage is announced RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET no, a murder. What? Edmund, listen to this c
'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30p.m. Friends, please accept this, the only notice.
'What an extraordinary thing! Edmund?'
'What's that?' Edmund looked up from his newspaper.
6 'Friday, October 29th ... But that's today.'
'Let me see.' Edmund took the paper from his mother.
'What does it mean?' asked Mrs Swettenham. Edmund rubbed his nose doubtfully.
'Some sort of party, I suppose. The Murder Game - that kind of thing.'
'Oh,' said Mrs Swettenham doubtfully. 'It seems a very strange way of announcing a game. It's not like Letitia Blacklock at all. She always seems to me such a sensible woman.
7 A murder game ...It sounds quite exciting.'
'It will probably be very boring. I'm not going,' said Edmund.
'Nonsense, Edmund,' said Mrs Swettenham firmly. 'I'm
going and you're coming with me.'
***
'Archie,' said Mrs Easterbrook to her husband, 'listen to this.''
Colonel Easterbrook paid no attention. He was busy reading The Times.
'These reporters know nothing about India,' he said. 'Nothing!If they did, they wouldn't write such rubbish.'
'Yes, I know,' said his wife.
8 'Archie, do listen.:
A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30p.m. Friends, please accept this, the only notice.'
She paused. Colonel Easterbrook smiled at her affectionately.
'It's the Murder Game,' he said. 'That's all. One person's the murderer, but nobody knows who. The lights go out. The murderer chooses the person he's going to murder. This person has to count to twenty before he screams.
9 Then the person who's been chosen to be the detective questions everybody. It's a good game RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET if the detective knows something about police work.'
'Like you, Archie. You had to deal with all those interesting cases in India. Why didn't Miss Blacklock ask you to help her organise the game?'
'Oh, well, she's got that young nephew staying with her,' said Colonel Easterbrook. 'I expect this is his idea.'
'It was in the Personal Column.
10 I suppose it is an invitation?'
'Strange kind of invitation. I'm not going.'
'Oh, but Archie,' said his wife, 'I really do think you ought to go RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET just to help Miss Blacklock. I'm sure she's depending on you to make the game a success. One must be a good neighbour.'
Mrs Easterbrook put her blonde head on one side and opened her blue eyes very wide. Colonel Easterbrook twisted his grey moustache, and looked at his wife.
 

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