D U M B W I T N E S S

First Published: 1937

Features: Hercule Poirot, Captain Arthur Hastings.

Blurb: Everyone blamed Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.

On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Herclue Poirot. Mysteriously, he didn't receive the letter until June 28th ... by which time Emily was already dead.

To: dear Peter, most faithful of friends and dearest of companions, a dog in a thousand

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Contents

Chapter One: The Mistress of Littlegreen House
Chapter Two: The Relations
Chapter Three: The Accident
Chapter Four: Miss Arundell Writes a Letter
Chapter Five: Hercule Poirot Receives a Letter
Chapter Six: We Go to Littlegreen House
Chapter Seven: Lunch at the George
Chapter Eight: Interior of Littlegreen House
Chapter Nine: Reconstruction of the Dog's Ball Incident
Chapter Ten: Visit to Miss Peabody
Chapter Eleven: Visit to the Misses Tripp
Chapter Twelve: Poirot Discusses the Case
Chapter Thirteen: Theresa Arundell
Chapter Fourteen: Charles Arundell
Chapter Fifteen: Miss Lawson
Chapter Sixteen: Mrs. Tanios
Chapter Seventeen: Dr. Tanios
Chapter Eighteen: 'A Nigger in the Woodpile'
Chapter Nineteen: Visit to Mr. Purvis
Chapter Twenty: Second Visit to Littlegreen House
Chapter Twenty-One: The Chemist; The Nurse; The Doctor
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Woman on the Stairs
Chapter Twenty-Three: Dr. Tanios Calls on Us
Chapter Twenty-Four: Theresa's Denial
Chapter Twenty-Five: I Lie Back and Reflect
Chapter Twenty-Six: Mrs. Tanios Refuses to Speak
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Visit of Dr. Donaldson
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Another Victim
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Inquest at Littlegreen House
Chapter Thirty: The Last Word