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Agatha Christie
A Caribbean Mystery
To my old friend,
JOHN CRUIKSHANK ROSE,
with happy memories of my visit
to the West Indies.
1
MAJOR PALGRAVE TELLS A STORY
"TAKE all this business about Kenya," said Major Palgrave. "Lots of
chaps gabbing away who know nothing about the place! Now I spent
fourteen years of my life there. Some of the best years of my life, too."
Old Miss Marple inclined her head. It was a gentle gesture of courtesy.
Whilst Major Palgrave proceeded with the somewhat uninteresting
recollections of a lifetime, Miss Marple peacefully pursued her own thoughts.
It was a routine with which she was well acquainted. The locale varied. In the
past, it had been predominantly India. Majors, Colonels, Lieutenant-Generals
—and a familiar series of words: Simla. Bearers. Tigers. Chota Hazri—
Tiffin. Khitmagars, and so on. With Major Palgrave the terms were slightly
different. Safari. Kikuyu. Elephants. Swahili. But the pattern was essentially
the same. An elderly man who needed a listener so that he could, in memory,
relive days in which he had been happy. Days when his back had been
straight, his eyesig......
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