Murder in Three Acts Page #7

that everything that Mr. Montoya said...

...was too convenient to convince.

The more rare was its history...

...more I began to believe it.

See, a criminal, really clever,

would realize that only those present at...

...both murders would be

considered suspicious.

Who was not present

at the second murder?

Well, of course?

Milray Ms., Mrs. Babbington not,

Neither Charles,

and the last on the list, I.

And of them all, would someone

give the impression of not being there..

Be so in reality?

This is where

mysterious butler, Mr. Morales appears.

It behaves strangely.

Which appears only minutes

before serving dinner.

The dining room was slightly

illuminated by candles.

And the butler walked bent...

...probably due to an ailment arthritis.

If Rosa, the maid, I was

intrigued with the butler.

I was more when I answer the phone and

brought a message for Dr. Strange.

A post anything funny.

The nurse attending the Lady

Rasbridger in the sanatorium.

When I received the Dr. Strange.

Laughed..

And joked with the butler,

as if they were old friends.

You a good steward and first, he said.

Almost as if they shared a private joke.

In fact there was a

private joke between them.

What was the nature of this joke?

When it came time butler to disappear,

could do so without difficulty,

for a reason.

The non-existent.

And the big surprise was that the.

Dr. Strange had promised

Mademoiselle Egg.

At one point the butler

deprive of disguise.

And there in all its

splendor and glory arise...

Charles Cartwright?

The man of a thousand faces.

Thank you,

But he is wrong.

I do not do that more work, I'm retired.

I could not fool anyone.

Do you think that deceives me today.

I do not know and do not care, Poirot.

How can...

...pretend to know what happened,

if it was not even there?

You know that some critics

leave after the first act.

And that does not stop them write a review.

But there was little difference,

I returned for the third act.

To see the rest of her performance.

Told some bugs?

What?

What would have happened if the costume.

Carlos Morales had been

discovered before?

You would have had their usual applause.

Accustomed to them. General laughter,

and called upon them to dinner

at the party as a guest.

Charles, his pride is

so great professional.

That prevents think his costume

will be recognized.

Knew Dr. Strange.

Y beforehand smiled, imagining

general surprise.

Unfortunately, he was surprised the first,

to eat that small doses of Benzotina.

From there, everything was easier.

Like the murder of Reverend Babbington.

Changed...

...cups as I showed in my

meeting this afternoon.

Then went to the interrogation

of Colonel Matthew.

Packed his things,

and disappeared forever by the

secret passage in the library.

What about the letter from

Dr. Strange to Ricardo?

What we say to that, Poirot?

Did Carlos Morales also wrote.

I'm very clever you know.

But I'm not clairvoyant.

I have no idea as I sign it.

Not when planted in...

...jacket Mr. Montoya,

the newspaper clipping.

That course was discovered by Miss Crisp.

A woman of insatiable curiosity.

And a particular attraction for the murder.

Rosa Sanchez, the maid,

left wing of the servants,

when he heard a noise

coming from someone...

..., before hiding.

That noise was Ms. Crisp

snooping in the library.

Both Mr. Dayton and Mr. Montoya...

...saw behaving suspiciously.

Obedient to instinct of Mongoose.

Snooping and find out.

But let's not be too harsh on Ms. Crisp.

She was the only one of all of us

alarmed you, Charles.

Because was the only one who noticed that

butler.

There was in him something

strangely familiar.

Voice?, She did not know exactly what was

.

But tied ropes later...

...when you visited the

apartment of Angela Stafford.

No was there to help solve the murders.

It would be too much to ask.

Was just out...

...if there was any suspicion about you.

There something happened that was..

Insignificant but became crucial.

You offered to Ms. Crisp a cup of coffee.

At that moment she saw

the scar on your wrist.

Was the same I had seen..

On the wrist of Carlos Morales.

I see Charles, no costumes.

Totally impenetrable.

She told me after his

magnificent performance...

...coctail in my party, he was terrified

be the next victim.

I ask my turn in court.

How to counsel?

Never did counsel.

I can?

Must wait a moment,

to complete the charge.

Vera Charles, were three crimes,

Not two.

Three?

Not everyone can be mine.

The Lady Rasbridger.

Charles, played another

wonderful characters in his repertoire.

An old gardener at the sanatorium,

tip giving a boy, to carry a message to

telegraph office.

With that instinct that

made him a great actor,

Felt network is closed around him.

And then sent the poor lady Rasbridger,

some chocolates, liquor filled.

The liquor in question,

of course, was Benzotina.

The idea was to make it

appear that he had been..

Murdered because he knew too much.

When in reality, poor not know anything.

Was unable to find anything.

If you finished?

I'm done.

Thanks.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

Your Honor.

I call Mr.

Hercule Poirot to the stand.

Is that your famous limp?

What do you know about my limp?

Everyone knows, is famous worldwide.

Monsieur Poirot.

What is the reason for

the murders in question?

Oh, yeah.

You had to kill Dr. Strange,

because I attended a long time ago,

The official reason for his premature

retirement from the entertainment world...

...was some nervous fragility...

...due to overwork.

But that was not the truth.

The truth was that..

Were symptoms and paranoid

and psychotic elements,

that could lead, in time,

irrational behavior,

or even violent.

Dr. Strange knew and also knew...

...secret the scar on his wrist.

A failed suicide attempt.

I worry M, wrote,

I do not like how things are going.

Margaret M...?

Matthew?

Montoya?

Milray?

I remind you that my name

is Charles Cartwright.

A tax name in film studies.

He thought Edward W. Muggings...

...was inconsistent with

a romantic leading man.

Y should be consistent. Right?

I'm famous for being consistent.

What was the reason for

Babbington's death?

Let's be consistent and logical.

A good question.

No...

...is consistent in the

usual sense of the word.

But in the theatrical sense could

said it was a dress rehearsal.

The fact is that it was Babbington...

...who died, but it could be any other.

There was no understandable reason,

Besides purely technical one.

You wanted to know if the

poison was effective...

...and you could change the cups.

Was possible.

So it was a good rehearsal,

for the big premiere.

Death of Dr. Strange needed.

I said I needed, Charles, because he was...

...the only person who could internarle.

Is a monstrosity.

We'll see how monstrous it.

I'll Ask Ms. Milray.

Sorry.

Vera Charles, Miss Milray found..

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