The Missing Will

The Missing Will

The problem presented to us by Miss Violet Marsh made a rather pleasant change from our usual routine work. Poirot had received a brisk and businesslike note from the lady asking for an appointment, and he had replied, asking her to call upon him at eleven oclock the following day. She arrived punctuallya tall, handsome young woman, plainly but neatly dressed, with an assured and businesslike mannerclearly, a young woman who meant to get on in the world. I am not a great admirer of the so-called New Woman myself, and in spite of her good looks, I was not particularly prepossessed in her favor. I am an orphan. My father was one of two brothers, sons of a small yeoman farmer in Devonshire. The farm was a poor one, and the eldest brother, Andrew, emigrated to Australia, where he did very well indeed, and by means of successful speculation in land became a very rich man. The younger brother, Roger, my father, had no leanings toward the agricultural life. He managed to educate himself a little, and obtained a post as a clerk in a small firm. He married slightly above him; my mother was the daughter of a poor artist. My father died when I was six years old. When I was fourteen, my mother followed him to the grave. My only living relation then was my Uncle Andrew, who had recently returned from Australia and bought a small place in his native county, Crabtree Manor. He was exceedingly kind to his brothers orphan child, took me to live with him, and treated me in every way as though I were his own daughter. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67173
Author: Christie, Agatha
Release Date: Jan 15, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1925
Publisher Country: United States