夜雨聆风known many an invalid whohas suffered far worse and been cut off from life much more than Char-lotte Blacklock—and they’ve managed to lead happy contented lives. It’swhat in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy. But, oh dear, I’mafraid I’m straying away from what we were talking about. Where werewe?”
“Going over your list,” said Bunch. “What did you mean by ‘Making en-quiries?’ Inquiries about what?”
Miss Marple shook her head playfully at Inspector Craddock.
“You ought to have seen that, Inspector Craddock. You showed me thatletter from Letitia Blacklock to her sister. It had the word ‘enquiries’ in ittwice—each time spelt with an e. But in the note I asked Bunch to showyou, Miss Blacklock had written ‘inquiries’ with an i. People don’t often al-ter their spelling as they get older. It seemed to me very significant.”
“Yes,” Craddock agreed. “I ought to have spotted that.”
Bunch was continuing. “Severe afflictions bravely borne. That’s whatBunny said to you in the café and of course Letitia hadn’t had any afflic-tion. Iodine. That put you on the track of goitre?”
“Yes, dear. Switzerland, you know, and Miss Blacklock giving the im-pression that her sister had died of consumption. But I remembered thenthat the greatest authorities on goitre and the most skillful surgeons oper-ating on it are Swiss. And it linked up with those really preposterouspearls that Letitia Blacklock always wore. Not really her style—but justright for concealing the scar.”
