Agatha Christie's Poirot Episode Guide - inaf iasf bologna

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide
and was part of the evening’s delivery. This helps time the death. In response to the question of
relatives, Poirot is told that Henry had a twin brother, Anthony, who died on the afternoon of the
same day as his brother after a long illness and that their only surviving relative is a nephew,
George Lorrimer. Poirot is interested in the dead man’s teeth and it is confirmed that they were
very white for their age...
After several calls of investigation, Poirot meets Lorrimer and accuses him of murder. Lorrimer’s
response proves the accusation has hit home.
Meeting Bonnington again, Poirot explains: Anthony left a large fortune to his dead, but estranged,
brother. Lorrimer would eventually inherit but was impatient for the money. He actually
murdered his uncle in the afternoon of the third upon hearing of the death of the twin and again,
in disguise, impersonated his uncle at the restaurant (the previous occasion on the Monday being
a practice run). However he forgot to impersonate his uncle’s eating habits and ordered different
foods to those usually chosen, including blackberry tart for dessert. His uncle didn’t eat food
which stained the teeth whereas Lorrimer’s teeth are stained. He further amended the postmark
on the letter he had sent on the second to give a false time of death and then joined a bridge
party in Wimbledon immediately after eating at the restaurant to give himself an alibi.
There is reference to the cricket match played in 1934, England vs Australia. Hastings reads
from a newspaper mentioning that Verity took 14 wickets for 70 and 6 of them in the last hour.
10