Murder on the Orient Express Part 4

Hi Readers,

Last post left off whe nPoirot is interviewing suspects. As you know, there are still more people to go...

The Swedish lady is questioned next. Her name is Greta Ohlsson. She opened Ratchett's door by accident, since Mrs. Hubbard's door is right next to it. She was probably the last one to see him alive. After Greta got some aspirin from Mrs. Hubbard, she told her to check that the door connecting the room to Ratchett's was bolted. She went to sleep close to midnight. Greta is in the same compartment as Mary Debenham, and she reports that Mary didn't leave, because she is a light sleeper and would have heard her. Greta doesn't own the kimono Poirot say on the night of the murder. She didn't know about the Armstrong case, but started crying when Poirot told her about it.

The button from a conductor uniform is shown to Pierre Michel. M.Bouc says he thinks the assassin dropped the button. Pierre freaks out and yells that he isn't guilty. He had been talking with other conductors at the time of the murder, and they vouch for him. Poirot thinks it makes sense that Pierre didn't run into the man who was in Mrs. Hubbard's room, as she didn't ring her room bell for a few minutes, and the person easily would have left during that time. M. Bouc still believes the Italian murdered Ratchett, but Masterman shares Foscarelli's compartment. It seems that all the compartments were full at the time of the murder...

The next person interviewed is Princess Dragomiroff. After giving basic info, like that her first name is Natalia, she describes her routine that night. She went to bed right away but couldn't sleep well because of rheumatism pains. She rang for her assistant that's she has had for 15 years, Hildegarde Schmidt, who gave her a massage till she fell asleep again.

The Princess tells Poirot that the night before she retired to bed immediately after dinner and read until 11 p.m. At about 12:45 she rang for her maid, Hildegarde Schmidt, who massaged her and read to her until she felt sleepy. That was from about 12:45 to about 30 minutes later, but the Princess wasn't sure. She reveals that the mother of Daisy Armstrong was her goddaughter. She says that Sonia Armstrong (the mother) had a sister, but the Princess hadn't contacted her in a long time. The Princess says she doesn't own the red kimono. When Poirot tells her his name she says, "Yes. I remember now. This is Destiny."

Count Andrenyi and Countess Andrenyi are called next to be interviewed, but only the Count appears. All he says is tha he and his wife heard nothing all night and they have nothing else to say. Poirot keeps saying he saw the Countess, but the Count doesn't listen. The Count gives Poirot their passports and there is a spot of grease on Elena's. The name on the Countess's passport is Elena Maria Goldenberg, she is age 20. The Count eventually leaves to get the Countess. She claims she never went to America with her husband. The Count smokes cigars, and she claims to not have a red kimono.

That's it for now, come back next week for part 5!