夜雨聆风She gave him the advertisement to insert, arranged for him to pay avisit to Little Paddocks to study the geography of the house, and showedhim the spot where she would meet him and let him into the house on thenight in question. Dora Bunner, of course, knew nothing about all this.
“The day came—” He paused.
Miss Marple took up the tale in her gentle voice.
“She must have spent a very miserable day. You see, it still wasn’t toolate to draw back … Dora Bunner told us that Letty was frightened thatday and she must have been frightened. Frightened of what she was goingto do, frightened of the plan going wrong—but not frightened enough todraw back.
“It had been fun, perhaps, getting the revolver out of Colonel Easter-brook’s collar drawer. Taking along eggs, or jam—slipping upstairs in theempty house. It had been fun getting the second door in the drawing roomoiled, so that it would open and shut noiselessly. Fun suggesting the mov-ing of the table outside the door so that Phillipa’s flower arrangementswould show to better advantage. It may have all seemed like a game. Butwhat was going to happen next definitely
