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Hercule Poirot Month! The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
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Nicole wrote: "If you were Eliza Dunn, would you have done the same thing? On another note, do you think Mrs. Todd should hire her back as cook after she abandoned her?"Eliza Dunn should have at least gave her employer notice that she was leaving; it would have given Mrs. Todd some time to look for another cook. Mrs. Todd would have been disappointed but hey, at least she would've been told. But on the other hand Eliza must have been so excited about the "legacy" she was given that she didn't give her notice.
LovesMysteries wrote: "Nicole wrote: "If you were Eliza Dunn, would you have done the same thing? On another note, do you think Mrs. Todd should hire her back as cook after she abandoned her?"Eliza Dunn should have at ..."
That's very true, although she believed she'd done just that because she was told by the "lawyer" that he would deliver the letter for her.
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I thought the biggest clues were the fact that Eliza spoke of having the peaches for dinner, indicating that she was planning on coming back, but that her box was already packed and corded. I'm assuming that it was packed with the body and not her things!
Yes, I thought the same thing Mark, regarding the peaches. I thought the trunk must have been a big clue but I wasn't sure what. I didn't imagine it contained a body! But I also figured the clerk wouldn't have been mentioned in the beginning if he wasn't important also. Such a devious little story!
I agree with the peaches - I thought the same thing! Wasn't it funny how the maid said that even if Eliza was taken by white slavers it would make sense for her to send for her trunk since she'd want to have her things with her? :D
The maid made me laugh. “Oh please Mr. White slaver. Can I please have my stuff”?
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Mark Pghfan wrote: "Apparently white slavers were quite the thing many years ago."Are you saying they were en vogue, Mark? ;-)
Yes, and they wanted you to look your best so they allowed you to send for your things! lol
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I loved the way that I could almost recite some of the lines word for word, and could imagine Hastings reading the paper and Poirot grooming himself in the first scene. I also love the way I usually learn something new every time I read one of these stories. For this one, it was about powder of Keatings, which is for household pests, and must be the equivalent of mothballs.
If you were Eliza Dunn, would you have done the same thing? On another note, do you think Mrs. Todd should hire her back as cook after she abandoned her?