The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story
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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems.
A dinner party takes a deadly turn when somebody poisons the guests.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
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The Herb of Death
About the Author
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The Herb of Death
‘Now then, Mrs B.,’ said Sir Henry Clithering encouragingly.
Mrs Bantry, his hostess, looked at him in cold reproof.
‘I’ve told you before that I will not be called Mrs B. It’s not dignified.’
‘Scheherazade, then.’
‘And even less am I Sche—what’s her name! I never can tell a story properly, ask Arthur if you don’t believe me.’
‘You’re quite good at the facts, Dolly,’ said Colonel Bantry, ‘but poor at the embroidery.’
‘That’s just it,’ said Mrs Bantry. She flapped the bulb catalogue she was holding on the table in front of her. ‘I’ve been listening to you all and I don’t know how you do it. He said, she said, you wondered, they thought, everyone implied
—well, I just couldn’t and there it is! And besides I don’t know anything to tell a story about.’
‘We can’t believe that, Mrs Bantry,’ said Dr Lloyd. He shook his grey head in mocking disbelief.
Old Miss Marple said in her gentle voice: ‘Surely dear—’
Mrs Bantry continued obstinately to shake her head.
‘You don’t know how banal my life is. What with the servants and the difficulties of getting scullery maids, and just going to town for clothes, and dentists, and Ascot (which Arthur hates) and then the garden—’
‘Ah!’ said Dr Lloyd. ‘The garden. We all know where your heart lies, Mrs Bantry.’
‘It must be nice