Chapter 22 Chapter 22 The Truth Comes Out

While the Inspector turned his attention to Edmund Swettenham, Mickie slipped out of the living room and back into the kitchen.She was filling the sink when Miss Blacklock came in suddenly. Mickey was too ashamed to look her in the eye. "You can tell a lie, Miban," said Miss Blacklock cheerfully, "that's not how the dishes are washed here. The silver is washed first, and the sink is to be filled with water. There's only two inches of water to wash." Nothing." Mi Qiu obediently turned on the tap again. "You are not angry at what I say, Miss Blacklock?" she asked.

"If I had been angry at every lie you told, I would not have lost my temper just now," said Miss Blacklock. "I'm going to tell the Inspector I made it up, okay?" asked Midge. "He already knows that," said Miss Blacklock pleasantly. Mickey reached to turn off the faucet, and at that moment, two hands came out from behind her and swiftly lowered her head into the filled sink. "Only I understand that you are telling the truth for the first time," said Miss Blacklock viciously. Mickey shook and struggled violently, but Miss Blacklock was strong, and her hands held Mickey's head firmly in the water.

Suddenly, very close to her came Dora Bonner's begging voice: "Oh, Lottie—Lottie—don't do that... Lottie." Miss Blacklock screamed and threw up her hands, and Mickey, freed, raised her head, gasping and swearing in exasperation. Miss Blacklock screamed over and over because there was no one else in the kitchen.one. "Dora, Dora, forgive me. I had to... I had to. She rushed frantically to the storage room door, but Fletcher's burly body blocked her way. At this moment, Miss Marple blushed , triumphantly walked out of the broom cabinet. "I've always been good at imitating other people's voices," said Miss Marple.

"You must come with me, ma'am," said Sergeant Fletcher. "I am a witness to your attempted murder of this girl. There will be other charges. I must warn you, Letitia Blacklock— " "Charlotte Blacklock," Miss Marple corrected, "that's who she really is, you know. Beneath the choker necklace she never left, you'll find the scars from the surgery. " "Operation?" "Goiter surgery." Miss Blacklock had calmed down now, looking at Miss Marple. "So you know it all?" she said. Charlotte Blacklock sat down at the table and began to cry.

"You shouldn't have done that," she said. "You shouldn't have Dora's voice. I love Dora. I love Dora with all my heart." The inspector and others crowded to the door. Sergeant Edwards, who knew, among other things, first aid and artificial respiration, was busy with Mickey.As soon as Mickey could speak, she praised herself in lyrical language: "I did a good job, didn't I? I'm so smart! And I'm brave! Oh, I'm so brave! So brave that I almost got killed. But I dared to risk my life." Danger." Miss Hinchcliff shoved those around her with a sharp leap, and leaped at Charlotte Blacklock, who was whimpering at the table.

It took Sergeant Fletcher all his strength to separate her. "All right," he said, "all right—no, no, Miss Hinchcliffe said through clenched teeth: "Let me go and finish her.Don't stop me.She was the one who killed Amy Murgatroyd. " Charlotte Blacklock looked up and snorted. "I didn't mean to kill her. I didn't mean to kill anybody—I had to, but it was Dora I cared about. I was all alone when Dora died, and I've been alone since she died. Oh , Dora, Dora—” She buried her head again, covered her face with her hands, and sobbed.