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“
You
are
called
away
on
a
case
,
then
?
”
“
Yes
,
though
I
am
bound
to
admit
that
,
on
the
face
of
it
,
the
affair
does
not
seem
promising
.
The
Northern
Union
Insurance
Company
have
asked
me
to
investigate
the
death
of
a
Mr
.
Maltravers
who
a
few
weeks
ago
insured
his
life
with
them
for
the
large
sum
of
fifty
thousand
pounds
.
”
“
Yes
?
”
I
said
,
much
interested
.
“
There
was
,
of
course
,
the
usual
suicide
clause
in
the
policy
.
In
the
event
of
his
committing
suicide
within
a
year
the
premiums
would
be
forfeited
.
Mr
.
Maltravers
was
duly
examined
by
the
Company
’
s
own
doctor
,
and
although
he
was
a
man
slightly
past
the
prime
of
life
was
passed
as
being
in
quite
sound
health
.
However
,
on
Wednesday
last
—
the
day
before
yesterday
—
the
body
of
Mr
.
Maltravers
was
found
in
the
grounds
of
his
house
in
Essex
,
Marsdon
Manor
,
and
the
cause
of
his
death
is
described
as
some
kind
of
internal
hæmorrhage
.
That
in
itself
would
be
nothing
remarkable
,
but
sinister
rumours
as
to
Mr
.
Maltravers
’
financial
position
have
been
in
the
air
of
late
,
and
the
Northern
Union
have
ascertained
beyond
any
possible
doubt
that
the
deceased
gentleman
stood
upon
the
verge
of
bankruptcy
.
Now
that
alters
matters
considerably
.
Maltravers
had
a
beautiful
young
wife
,
and
it
is
suggested
that
he
got
together
all
the
ready
money
he
could
for
the
purpose
of
paying
the
premiums
on
a
life
insurance
for
his
wife
’
s
benefit
,
and
then
committed
suicide
.
Such
a
thing
is
not
uncommon
.
In
any
case
,
my
friend
Alfred
Wright
,
who
is
a
director
of
the
Northern
Union
,
has
asked
me
to
investigate
the
facts
of
the
case
,
but
,
as
I
told
him
,
I
am
not
very
hopeful
of
success
.
If
the
cause
of
the
death
had
been
heart
failure
,
I
should
have
been
more
sanguine
.
Heart
failure
may
always
be
translated
as
the
inability
of
the
local
G
.
P
.
to
discover
what
his
patient
really
did
die
of
,
but
a
hæmorrhage
seems
fairly
definite
.
Still
,
we
can
but
make
some
necessary
inquiries
.
Five
minutes
to
pack
your
bag
,
Hastings
,
and
we
will
take
a
taxi
to
Liverpool
Street
.
”
About
an
hour
later
,
we
alighted
from
a
Great
Eastern
train
at
the
little
station
of
Marsdon
Leigh
.
Inquiries
at
the
station
yielded
the
information
that
Marsdon
Manor
was
about
a
mile
distant
.
Poirot
decided
to
walk
,
and
we
betook
ourselves
along
the
main
street
.
“
What
is
our
plan
of
campaign
?
”
I
asked
.
“
First
I
will
call
upon
the
doctor
.
I
have
ascertained
that
there
is
only
one
doctor
in
Marsdon
Leigh
,
Dr
.
Ralph
Bernard
.
Ah
,
here
we
are
at
his
house
.
”
The
house
in
question
was
a
kind
of
superior
cottage
,
standing
back
a
little
from
the
road
.
A
brass
plate
on
the
gate
bore
the
doctor
’
s
name
.
We
passed
up
the
path
and
rang
the
bell
.
We
proved
to
be
fortunate
in
our
call
.
It
was
the
doctor
’
s
consulting
hour
,
and
for
the
moment
there
were
no
patients
waiting
for
him
.
Dr
.
