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CH1 - ‘I was…

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‘I was considerably worried and upset’

SHEPPARD about Mrs Ferrars’ death

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CH1- ‘Caroline can do any…

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‘Caroline can do any amount of finding out by sitting placidly at home’ SHEPPARD

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CH1- ‘As a professional man…

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‘As a professional man, I naturally aim at discretion’

SHEPPARD

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CH1- ‘Therefore I have got into the…

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‘habit of continually withholding all information’ SHEPPARD

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CH2- ‘King’s Abbot, is, I imagine, …

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‘very much like any other village’ SHEPPARD

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what is the title of chapter 2? what kind of words are repeated when Sheppard describes the town?

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who’s who in King’s Abbot

collective nouns: ‘we’ ‘our’

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CH2- ‘a man more impossibly like a…

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‘like a country squire’ SHEPPARD describing RA

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CH2-‘nearly fifty years of age…

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‘rubicund of face and genial of manner’ SHEPPARD describing RA

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CH2-‘miss russell…

‘she has a…

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‘miss Russell has reigned undisputed for five years’

‘stern eye, and lips that shut tightly’

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CH2- ‘Ralph in London? …

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‘but he had certainly been in King’s Abbot the preceding afternoon’

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What is the name of chapter 3?

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‘the man who grew vegetable marrows’

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CH3- ‘his name, apparently, is …

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‘Mr Porrott-a name which conveys an odd feeling of unreality’
thought he was a ‘hairdresser’

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CH3- ‘the strangle little man…

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‘seemed to read my thoughts’

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CH3- ‘for the moment…

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‘the spirit of Caroline was strong within me’

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CH3- ‘surprised him by…

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‘my superior gifts’ POIROT

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CH3- ‘looked up to find…

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‘Mr Porrott eyeing me sympathetically. He seemed an understanding little man’ SHEPPARD

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CH3- ‘but I was foolish- …

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‘and worse than foolish-greedy. I risked the substance for the shadow’ SHEPPARD

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CH3- ‘rather amused by..

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‘his patent snobbery’ SHEPPARD about Poirot

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CH3- ‘the light of some…

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‘inner knowledge’ SHEPPARD about Poirot

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CH3- ‘he had in him…

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‘a strain of weakness’ SHEPPARD about Ralph

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CH3- ‘Could I..

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‘do anything with the boy?’

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CH4- ‘I am sorry to say…

‘I hate interfering..

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‘I detest Mrs Ackroyd.’

‘in other people’s affairs’

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CH4- ‘she made me, you see, an …

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‘accessory to the fact’ RA

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CH4- ‘no I cried impulsively…

‘all my arguments…

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‘read it now.’

‘were in vain’

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CH4- 'rough and.. | 'his voice reminded me of...
'uneducated' 'someone's voice that I knew' after killing RA, bumps into the later revealed 'Charles Kent'
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CH5- 'I'll take... | 'I banged once more..
'responsibility' breaks down door to get RA | 'frantically on the door'
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CH5- ' Parker was most... | CH6- 'Depend upon it ...
'suspiciously flustered' SHEPPARD | 'he's our man'
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CH5- 'I hurried to catch her...
'as she fell. She had fainted'
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CH6- 'I'll spare you...
'the technical language' SHEPPARD
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CH7- 'be guided by me.
'I advise you not to drag this detective into the case'
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CH7- 'you may wish that, after all, ...
'you had left it to the local police.'
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CH7- 'I admire enormously.. | 'If inspector Raglan permits me to assist him, ...
'your English police | 'I shall be both honoured and flattered'
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it is completely unimportant... | 'everyone concerned in them..
'that is why it is so interesting' | 'has something to hide'
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ch8- 'some peculiar...
'angle of his own'
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'fresh and...
'debonair' SHEPPARD about Raymond
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Name one name Poirot is referred as?
'the Belgian'
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'everyone has something to hide' who quotes this in chapter 9?
sheppard
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CH9- 'It is not easy to hide...
'things from Hercule Poirot'
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quotes to suggest King's Abbot is a 'bucolic' setting?
'formal flower beds' | 'splendid view over the countryside'
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inspector's an..
'ass. Everybody knows CH9- FLORA
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'Poirot stopped and...
'removed a microscopic weed'
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CH10 -'she seemed...
a nice girl' -about Ursula
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'CH12- inspector raglan stared.. | 'an air of great...
at the little man' | unconcern, flecked a spec of dust of his coat sleeve
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'what would happen to the..
'estate, I wonder, if Ralph were found guilty?'
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'women record subconsciously a thousand... | 'and call the..
'little details without knowing they are doing so. | 'result intuition'
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you are like a child who...
'wants to know the way the engine works'
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you do not use...
you little grey cells
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what does Sheppard sometimes refer to himself as?
a 'medical man'
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'the case does seem..
black against him' SHEPPARD
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'I spoke with that kind of
spurious geniality which seems expected of general practitioners'
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and so the deed was done...
and Ursula borne became Ursula paton
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this is very weak and
silly of me -Ursula crying after Poirot finds out her and Ralph are married
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she scorned to label herself a
'lady parlourmaid'
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but to people like ralph Paton turning
over a new leaf is easier in theory than in practice
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Roger Ackroyd dictated his wishes
-they agreed to them
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her nature, strong and resolute, with an inherent
distaste for duplicity, was not one to welcome such a course | -ralph concealing the end of his engagement to flora from Ursula (if the engagement ended)
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ralph implored her silent
for a little longer
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regarded her as the girl who deliberately tried to
entrap the adopted son of a very wealthy man -RA about Ursula
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how did Ralph describe Ursula telling Mr Ackroyd about their marriage as? how did Ursula describe it?
- RALPH: 'irretrievably ruined his prospects by her ill timed revelation' - URSULA: 'Ursula reproached Ralph with his duplicity'

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