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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide night and read of the murder in the next day’s paper. Mrs. Carrington had been chloroformed and then stabbed and the jewels are missing. Mrs. Carrington’s will leaves everything to her estranged husband who was away from town at the time of the tragedy. Mason is called and confirms the facts of her part of the story. She is also able to say that the build of the man in the carriage was possibly that of Mr. Carrington and she confirms what Mrs Carrington was wearing at the time. Mason is dismissed and Poirot pushes Mr. Halliday to tell him what he is holding back. Halliday produces a note found in his daughter’s pocket from the Count de la Rochefour. It appears that the romance of the two has been restarted and Poirot guessed as much since Mr. Halliday was not pushing for the investigation to concentrate on his son-in-law, despite his evident dislike of him. Over the next day or so, enquiries are made by Japp into the whereabouts of Rupert Carrington and the Count de la Rochefour at the time of the murder but nothing substantial comes to light. When Japp next visits, Poirot immediately guesses that the knife used to kill Mrs Carrington has been found by the side of the line after between Weston (the first stop after Bristol on the Plymouth line) and Taunton (the next stop after that) and that a paper boy who sold items to Mrs Carrington has been interviewed. Despite being astounded at this deduction, Japp confirms that this is exactly what has happened. Japp is able to tell Poirot something he doesn’t know — that one of the jewels has been pawned by a known thief called ’Red Narky’ who usually works with a woman called Gracie Kidd but he seems to be alone this time. Poirot and Hastings immediately go to Halliday’s house and the Belgian asks to be taken to a room on the top floor. Rummaging through a trunk Poirot finds clothes like the ones worn by Mrs Carrington when she was murdered. An angry Halliday joins them followed in quick succession by Mason, whom Poirot introduces as Gracie Kidd. She and ’Red Narky’ probably murdered Mrs Carrington before Bristol. The story about the man in the carriage at the Bristol interchange was a blind as was the knife thrown off the train before Taunton and the newspaper boy. In the latter instance, Gracie dressed in similar clothing to the now-dead woman and bought two items off the boy, drawing attention to herself by mentioning the colour of her clothes being the same colour as a woman’s dress on the cover of a magazine she was buying and by leaving a large tip. By making the murder appear to have taken place later than it was, Kidd was provided with an alibi. 56
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide Wasps’ Nest Season 3 Episode Number: 26 Season Episode: 4 Originally aired: Sunday January 27, 1991 Writer: Agatha Christie, David Renwick Director: Brian Farnham Show Stars: Hugh Fraser (Captain Arthur Hastings), Philip Jackson (Chief Inspector James Japp), Pauline Moran (Miss Felicity Lemon), David Suchet (Hercule Poirot) Guest Stars: John Boswall (Dr Belvedere), Peter Capaldi (Claude Langton), Kate Lynn-Evans (Mrs Henderson), Julian Forsyth (waiter), Serena Scott Thomas (Fashion Model), Hilary Tindall (fashion show presenter), Martin Turner (John Harrison), Melanie Jessop (Molly Deane) Summary: Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps’ nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspects that they are both in danger. He has to solve a mystery which includes cyanide, failing brakes and mixed-up love lives. Meanwhile, Hastings has a new hobby which Poirot finds helpful in cracking the case. Sitting on the garden terrace of his large house on a summer evening, John Harrison is delighted to receive an unexpected visit from Hercule Poirot. The detective tells him that he is in the locality to investigate a murder but amazes Harrison by admitting that the murder has not yet been committed but that it is better to prevent one happening first. He then cryptically turns the conversation round to a wasp’s nest on a tree that he sees nearby and Poirot and Harrison discuss the destruction of it. A friend of Harrison’s called Claude Langton is going to handle the task for him using petrol injected by a garden syringe but Poirot tells him that earlier that day he saw the poison book in a local chemist’s and an earlier entry made by Langton for the purchase of cyanide, despite Langton having told Harrison that such substances shouldn’t ever be available for pest control. Poirot asks a quiet question: ”Do you like Langton?” and they talk of Harrison’s engagement to a girl called Molly Deane who was previously engaged to Langton. As they discuss Langton’s disposition towards Harrison, Poirot’s meaning becomes quite clear to him — he is being warned. Poirot asks when Langton is returning and is told nine o’clock that evening. Poirot tells him that he will return at that time, wondering as he goes if he should have waited behind. Poirot returns just before the appointed time to find Langton leaving, the nest still intact. Harrison seems to be fine and Poirot hopes that he is not feeling any ill-effects of having digested the harmless washing soda that he consumed. Harrison is surprised. Poirot tells him that he traded the cyanide Harrison had in his pocket for the soda when he visited earlier on. Poirot met Langton after leaving the chemist’s and heard from him that Harrison had insisted on the use of 57
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