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AGATHA CHRISTIE

WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS?

                Bobby Jones was playing golf with doctor Thomas when he heard someone yelled. But his friend, Dr. Thomas heard nothing. Bobby and Dr. Thomas approached the next tee that was in the cliffs on the precipice. The tee that they have circled the abyss the depths of this very terrible. Bobby hit his ball again and that ball lost in the edge of brink. Bobby walked slowly over the path to take his ball.

                Suddenly, Bobby floored and called his friend. About 40 feet below there was something black that visible like clothes. Then both of them descended the ravine. Finally, they arrived to that thing. And the fact, it was a man aged about 40 years old and he still breath although swoon.

         

       Dr. Thomas checked that man. His backbone was broken. Quickly dr. Thomas searched the aid meantime Bobby awaited that swoon man. Suddenly, that man opened his eyes and looked at Bobby heedful. Bobby accosted the man. Before Bobby near, the man had been talked “why didn’t they ask Evans?” . And then the man was trembling a little bit. His eyelids closed and his chin down. That man dead.

                Bobby pulled a handkerchief from that man’s pocket and draped him to his face. There was nothing that can do. Then he saw something that pulled from that man pocket. That thing was a picture. Bobby glanced at it.

The photo was a picture a beautiful woman. That face was kind of interest-face and hard to forget.  Bobby slowly inclusion of the photo again into the man's pocket. Subsequently bobby remembred something. Bobby had been promised with his father  - a clergyman- to playing the organ in the service at six o’clock in this evening. And he forgot to leave a message to the doctor Thomas to be delivered to his father.

                Subsequently, he heard a sound from the above. That was not dr. Thomas. That was a man who he did not know. bobby could not see it clearly because it was getting dark. That man, Mr. Bassington-ffrench, then replaced Bobby to hover corpse after Bobby explain the cause.

                Bobby Jones met the woman named Frankie, his old friend, on the train. Frankie later asked about the incident -which certainly makes Bobby surprised from where this friend knows it- she read in the paper. Bobby finally told the story.

That man that was dead named Alex Pritchard. Bobby was asked the explain by police. Bobby met with Mrs. Leo Cayman that he guessed as a woman in the photo. That woman face was very different with the photo. Mrs. Leo Cayman was a kin of Alex Pritchard.

Mr. and Mrs. Cayman came to see Bobby in his house to inquire at the last moment of Alex Pritchard. Bobby still can not believe what he saw. The woman face that he had met was very different in the photo.

In the next day Bobby received a letter from Badger Beadon –his old friend-  to ask him for work on next Monday. On Wednesday in that week Bobby received a letter again. That letter from Henriquez & Dallo Company in Buenos Aires and offered a job with a thousand pound salary a year. Though, Bobby declined the offering and chose to work with Badger together.

Bobby leaned himself in the thick fern plains. Bobby finally ate his lunch with gusto after he fell asleep. With satisfied he opened the drinking bottle. It felt very bitter but refreshing. Then he felt sleepy again. He felt weak. He slept-with very deep.

Lady Frances Derwent –Frankie- visited Bobby that was apparently poisoned with eight grains of morphine. Frankie argued that the case was related to the abyss that Bobby cases of morphine poisoning. Bobby reluctantly rejected that possibility.

After read the newspaper, then Bobby knew that the photograph in the newspaper was a different picture with a picture he had ever seen. Bobby and Frankie started to search about that woman in the photo. They also started search the meaning from “why didn’t they ask Evans?”

Frankie asked about Bassington-ffrench to her father, Lord Marchington. In tomorrow morning Frankie went to Wheeler&Owen office –a real estate and house rent agent- to find out about Bassington-ffrench with said that the man was her friend who was searching a house. Then Mr. Owen, the owner real estate agent gave Roger Bassington-ffrench’s address that lived in Merroway Court, Starverley.

Then Frankie’s next visiting was police office. Frankie asked about the numbers of photo. Of course just there was one photo in Alex Pritchard’s pocket. Frankie also asked Mr. Jones’ case. From there Frankie got the information about a car dark blue Talbot with number GG8282. She swore after found there were 482 Evans in Marchbolt. She made another plan.

A week later Frankie planned will make a fake accident with helped by Bobby and George Arbuthnot who will disguise as a doctor. Doctor George Arbuthnot recommended Frankie to be treated at Bassington-ffrench’s residence. Mrs. Bassington-ffrench accepted her gladly.During at that house, Frankie discovered about people who lived in. frankie felt Mrs. Bassington-ffrench was a kind woman and was not at all suspicious. Frankie and Sylvia became bosom.

In there Frankie knew that Henry Bassington-ffrench – Sylvia’s husband- was a morpine drug addict. Of course she didn’t scented  Henry. And Roger Bassington-ffrench was not in Wales when Bobby was poisoned. That night, when the dinner, Frankie felt everyone in that house seemed react naturally. The only thing that successfully acquired just a name –Alan Carstairs. Alan Carstairs was an adventurer who has traveled the world. He had an adventure with John Savage who thought she had cancer and committed suicide.

Frankie’s mind drifted to the last words of victims. Evans! Who was Evans? Frankie presumed  that a man who felt in the abyss was Alan Carstairs. At that night, Dr. Nicholson and his wife was invited for dinner. Frankie saw them out of the car dark blue Talbot.

Dr. Nicholson was a tall man with sharp sight behind his sunglasses and was a genious person. His wife was a slim woman and had a beautiful face. Dr. Nicholson asked Frankie about the accident. Frankie felt afraid. She could control the situation, though. The Frankie wrote a letter to Bobby to ask him come there.

Bobby got a letter from his father that said there was someone who asked his address in London. The man was tall, slightly stooped, and used round glasses. He hopped can meet Bobby someday. Then Bobby went to Merroway Court to meet Frankie with disguised as a personal driver named Edward Hawkins that was sent by Frankie’s father.

Bobby –with named Edward Hawkins- started pried Grange. Dr. Nicholson’ work place. In that time, he saw a woman he had ever seen in photo. Bobby told this to Frankie. Bobby disguised as a law firm to find out about relationship between Alan Carstairs and Bassington-ffrench.the woman in the photo named Moira who also Dr. Nicholson’s wife.moira met Bobby. Moira told that her husband wanted to kill her. Dr. Nicholson liked Mrs. Bassington-ffrench. Bobby, Moira, and Frankie met. Bobby and Frankie told the truth, their purpose cane to Merroway Court without suspicious.

Roger confessed that he had exchanged the photo with other people’s photo with the reason didn’t want to make Moira difficult. Roger said certainly that a man who dead wasn’t Alan Carstairs. Roger declined to take Henry to Grange that had previously assured by Frankie. Then the erruption was audible from Henry’s room. In there Henry dead by firing a gun at his head. That time Dr. Nicholson came to take his keys.

Frankie called Bobby soon. They thought that Henry was not suicide. But was killed. They argued someone who killed Henry was Dr. Nicholson. Then Frankie went to Grange to meet Moira. But Dr. Nicholson said that Moira had left to London since morning.

Frankie searched Cayman’s step and Bobby searched Moira. Frankie started search them over house agents who had visited by Cayman. After asked several information, she got nothing. Frankie read a newspaper and she found a name –John Savage-. Suddenly an idea appeared. Maybe his will related with his suspicious death. Frankie quickly went to place where the will can be seen by pay one shilling.

Frankie came to Mr. Spragge office to ask about Alan Carstairs with claimed he was her friend. Alan Carstairs came to Mr. Spragge office to ask about Savage’s will. He didn’t believe that Mr. Savage dead by suicide. In Mr. Savage’s will, he left a legacy of seven hundred thousand free taxes to Mrs. Templeton.

Bobby began looking for Moira by visiting Grange secretly at midnight. He crawled over to the side Grange’s windows. He could see Dr. Nicholson was writing something through the crack of window. Then he circled the house and climbed a tree. However the tree branch was broken. It made Dr. Nicholson out of the house. He quickly hid. And then from the darkness Bobby felt something was hit to his back of the neck.Bobby collapsed.

Frankie sent a telegram to Bobby with name George Parker. But ther was no answer. Finally Frankie came to Ambledever, the place where Bobby stayed. But she didn’t find Bobby. Frankie became worried. Frankie told this to Roger. Then Frankie got a letter from Bobby that told her to come sonn to Chipping Somerton by train.

Frankie went to Tudor Cottage where Bobby waited. Frankie gave signals to her arrival with whistled like an owl. However all was dark and hushed. At that moment she smelled chloroform. Someone held her from behind with choloroform. She collapsed.

When she was concious, she realized her hands and feet bound. In there she found Bobby with same condition. Bobby tried to untied Frankie. At that time someone came. Bobby aloofed Frankie sooner.

Dr. Nicholson came . he was held Bobby and Frankie. Moira still alive. Then he left again. Suddenly Bobby remembered something. The man who came wasn’t Nicholson. The man’s ear was different with Nicholson’s. he was a man disguised as Nicholson. They finally knew the mastermind behind all of this was Roger Bassington-ffrench. Because Roger was a person who was clever disguise.

In next minutes, the sound of broken glass was heard from the tiles above. That was Badger. Then the fake Nicholson came to them. Badger hid under the bed and Bobby’s boot was placed on glass splinters. Fake Nicholson strengthened their bond and left. Badger came out from there and cut the bond. They waited fake Nicholson come.

Before Roger come, Badger told that he came to Starverley for owe money from Bobby. Then Badger saw Frankie’s car in front of a pub in empty. Badger got into the car. Then a driver got into the car and he wasn’t Bobby but someone that he had ever known. That car brought them to Tudor Cottage.

Subsequently, they heard footstep neared. They were preparing to subdue fake Nicholson. Then in fact fake Nicholson was Roger Basington-ffrench. Roger that had hit Bobby and forged letters to Frankie. And Nicholson had nothing to do with this situation. Roger chuckled when they asked about Evans. Then they came out from the room. They checked every room inside house. In fourth room they saw Moira was lying on the bed. They called police. Then police came.

Then they went back to top, where Roger was tied. They were surprised to find that the room was empty. Roger had run out. In café Bobby showed a photo to Frankie that he had gotten under the telephone last night. Frankie asked that photo to a waitress. That person in photo was Mr. Templeton. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton had a kitchener named Rose Chudleigh and a gardener , Albert Mere.

They divided tasks. Frankie searched the information over law firm that handled John Savage’s will. And Bobby searched Rose Chudleigh and Albert Mere. They met again when lunch time. The they went to meet Rose Chudleigh that now named Mrs. Pratt. Rose Chudleigh said that there was a housemaid named Gladys who often served Mr. Savage. Booby and Frankie wondered why they summoned the kitchener and gardener to witness wills while the maid was in the house.

Why didn’t they ask housemaid? At that moment they were conscious that the family name of housemaid was Evans. And they finally knew the purpose from Alan’s question . Because Evans would know soon that the truth was not Mr. Savage who signed the will. They began to looking for Evans.

They started from post office. Frankie bought two pieces of two shilling stamps. With a faint, Frankie asked about Gladys Evans to an employee there. Frankie subsequently asked Evans’ address that current named Roberts with reason wanted to give back the raincoat she borrowed from Evans.

They got Evans’ address. They were dumbfounded red the address. Mrs. Roberts, Pensions Pastor, Marchbolt. An address that also was home to Bobby himself. They quickly went back to Marchbolt with rented a small plane. The plane landed on Derwent castle garden. Five minutes later they soon drove to Marchbolt with Frankie’s father car.

After they arrived in front of Pensions pastor, they met Moira. Moira already knew who Evans was. Three of them went to a cafeand offered coffee. Moira felt Bassington-ffrench followed her. The Bobby and Frankie went out to see him. They went back in.

Bobby lifted his cup and suddenly Frankie lost her balance so that she spilled Bobby’s coffee. Frankie took a vinegar bottle that had was empty and put the coffee into the bottle. She then turned away to Moira and said that the game was end. Frankie saw Moira put something into their cups when they was in outside. Moira became angry and pulled out a gun to shoot it. But the shot was missed because Bobby’hand hit the gun. Moira got busted by police.

Several weeks later Frankie received a letter from South America. The letter was sent by Roger Bassington-ffrench. He revealed that he wanted to have Merroway and have much money. For the bussiness Moira used a name Mrs Templeton. Moira met Savage and tried to approach him. Then Cayman acted as a callous husband. Savage was lured to come to Tudor Cottage and was made to stay more than once. Moira pretended to go other country. But the truth she came back to Starverley, Grange. Roger gave morphine to Henry to relieved his rheumatic pain. Henry became morphine addict. Carstairs saw Moira photo on top of piano who he knew as a woman that was sent by Savage. Carstairs succeeded search Evans’ step. He knew her current name and went to Marchbolt. Roger followed him. Roger hustled Carstairs when the fog ascended. Moira put the morphine into Bobby’s beer bottle. Roger killed Henry by shot a gun when the plane sound across. Then he wrote fake letter then came out and locked tha room. Moira also untied Roger.

And then all became amicable and calm. Booby and Frankie was engaged. Badger’s bussiness was advanced and Bobby held a coffee plantation in Kenya.

* bad english again ^.^