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MURDER
IN A COUNTRY HOUSE
THE TRUE STORY OF THE MURDER OF A RICH BUSINESSMAN. JUNE 22 ND 1938 WAS JEREMY TRAVERS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY. HE HAD DINNER AT HIS COUNTRY HOUSE WITH HIS WIFE, AMANDA, HIS DAUGHTER, BARBARA, HIS BUSINESS PARTENER, GORDON SMITH, AND HIS SECRETARY, CLAUDIA SIMEONE. NEXT MORNING WHEN AMANDA TRAVERS WENT TO HER HUSBAND’S BEDROOM SHE FOUND HIM IN BED…DEAD
INSPECTOR GRANGER ARRIVED AT ABOUT 9.00 CAME IN. HE WAS A TALL MAN WITH A BIG BLACK MOUSTACHE. AMANDA, BARBARA, CLAUDIA, AND GORDON WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE INSPECTOR CAME IN.
“MR TRAVERS DIED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND SEVEN O’CLOCK THIS MORNING” HE SAID. “SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM KILLED HIM”. HE LOOKED AT THEM ONE BY ONE BUT NOBODY SPOKE.“MRS TRAVERS, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FIRST. COME INTO THE LIBRARY WITH ME, PLEASE”AMANDA TRAVERS FOLLOWED THE INSPECTOR INTO THE LIBRARY AND THEY SAT DOWN.
“WHAT DID YOUR HUSBAND DO AFTER DINNER LAST NIGHT ?”
“WHEN WE FINISHED DINNER JEREMY SAID HE WAS TIRED AND HE WENT TO BED”
“DID YOU GO TO BED THEN?”
“NO, I DIDN’T. I WENT FOR A WALK IN THE GARDEN”.
“WHAT TIME DID YOU GO TO BED?”
“ABOUT QUARTER TO TWELVE”
“WAS YOUR HUSBAND ASLEEP?”
“I DON’T KNOW, INSPECTOR. WE… WE SLEPT IN SAPARATE ROOMS”.
“DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR ROOM?”
“YES, I HEAR JEREMY’S BEDROOM DOOR. IT OPENED. I THOUGH IT WAS JEREMY. THEN CLOSED AGAIN. I READ IN BED FOR HALF AN HOUR AND THEN I WENT TO SLEEP.
“WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING?”
“I GOT UP AT ABOUT 7.15. I HAD BREAKFAST AT 8.00 I TOOK MY HUSBAND A CUP OF TEA. I FOUND HIM IN BED. HE WAS… DEAD.
“TELL ME, MRS TRAVERS, DID YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND?”
“JEREMY IS… WAS A DIFFICULT MAN”
“BUT DID YOU LOVE HIM, MRS TRAVERS?”
“NO, INSPECTOR. I HATED HIM”
THEN THE INSPECTOR QUETIONED BARBARA TRAVERS
“WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER DINNER YESTERDAY EVENING?”
“AFTER DINNER? I PLAYED CARDS WITH GORDON, AND THEN I WENT TO BED”
“WHAT TIME WAS THAT?”
“IT WAS ABOUT HALF PAST ELEVEN. I REMEMBER I LOOKED AT MY WATCH”
“DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING IN YOUR FATHER’S ROOM?
“NO. I DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING”
“DID YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR FATHER?”
“NO, NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. MY FATHER WAS A WONDERFUL MAN AND A PERFECT FATHER”
“THANK YOU, MRS TRAVERS”
NEXT THE INSPECTOR QUESTIONED GORDON SMITH
“WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER DINNER, GORDON?”
“I PLAYED CARDS WITH BARBARA. THEN SHE WENT TO BED”
“DID YOU GO TO BED THEN?”
“NO. I STAYED IN THE SITTING ROOM AND I HAD A GLASS OF WHISKY. THEN I WENT TO BED”
“WHAT TIME WAS THAT?”
“I DONT REMEMBER EXACTLY. I DIDN’T LOOK AT THE TIME”
“DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING DURING THE NIGHT?”
“NO, I DIDN’T. I WAS VERY TIRED. I SLEPT VERY WELL”
“YOU AND MR TRAVERS WERE BUSINESS PARTNERS, WEREN’T YOU?”
“YES, THAT’S RIGHT”
“AND IT’S A VERY GOOD BUSINESS MAN I UNDERSTAND”
“YES, INSPECTOR, IT IS”
“AND NOW IT IS YOUR BUSINESS”
“LISTEN, INSPECTOR, I DID NOT KILL JEREMY. HE WAS MY PARTENER AND HE WAS MY FRIEND”
FINALLY THE INSPECTOR QUESTIONED CLAUDIA SIMEONE
“WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY EVENING, AFTER DINNER?”
“I WENT TO MY ROOM AND I HAD A BATH AND I WENT TO BED”
“WHAT TIME WAS THAT?”
“ABOUT 11.00”
“DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING?”
“YES. I HEARD SOMEBODY GO INTO JEREMY’S ROOM. IT WAS ABOUT 12.00
“WHO WAS IT?”
“IT WAS, AMANDA, HIS WIFE”
“ARE YOU SURE? DID YOU SEE HER?”
“WILL NO, I DIDNT SEE HER. BUT I’M SURE IT WAS AMANDA”
“YOU WERE MR TRAVER’S SECRETARY, CLAUDIA”
“YES, I WAS”
“WERE YOU JUST HIS SECRETARY?”
“WHAT DID YOU MEAN?”
“WERE YOU IN LOVE WITH MR TRAVERS?”
“NO, I WASN’T”
“THE TRUTH PLEASE, CLAUDIA”
“VERY WELL, INSPECTOR. YES, I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM AND HE SAID HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME. HE SAID HE WANTED TO LEAVE HIS WIFE-AMANDA- AND MARRY ME. I WAS STUPID I BELIEVED HIM. HE USED ME, INSPECTOR! I WAS VERY ANGRY WITH HIM”
“DID YOU KILL HIM?”
“NO, INSPECTOR, I LOVED JEREMY”
BEFORE DINNER, GORDON HAD A DRINK WITH JEREMY IN THE LIBRARY
“CHEERS, JEREMY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.“AH, THANKS, GORDON”“LISTEN, JEREMY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BARBARA”“BARBARA? WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?”
“IT’S NOT EXACTLY A PROBLEM. I’M IN LOVE WITH HER, AND I WANT TO MARRY HER”“MARRY BARBARA? MARRY MY DAUGHTER! ARE YOU CRAZY? NEVER. YOU DON’T LOVE BARBARA. YOU ONLY WANT HER MONEY!”“THAT’S NOT TRUE, JEREMY. I LOVE HER”
“LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU MARRY BARBARA, WHEN I DIED ALL MY MONEY GOES TO CLAUDIA”“TO CLAUDIA? TO YOUR SECRETARY?”“YES”“IS THAT YOUR LAST WORD, JEREMY?”“YES, IT IS”DINNER EVERYBODY!-AMANDA SAID
AT MIDNIGHT GORDON FINISHED HIS WISKY AND WENT UPSTAIRS
WHO IS IT? GORDON?
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CASAGRANDA, PazMORALES, Ailen