Ndipei ndaza ine nhamba yevanhu vanotaurwa nemazita vari mundima inotevera.
Context:mugove Achimirira kudya kwake kwemanheru paPleasant's Coffee House, Hercule Poirot anosangana nomukadzi wechiduku anonzi Jennie. Iye anovimba Poirot kuti iye achakurumidza kuurayiwa, uye kuti hapana chinogona kuitwa kuzvidzivirira; pashure pokuramba rubatsiro Poirot vake, Jennie anosiya ari kutambudzika, uye Poirot haasi kukwanisa kuwana mamwe mashoko kubva mudonzvo pamusoro Jennie kana kero yake. Mushure mekudzokera kuimba yevaenzi kwaanogara, Poirot anorondedzera zvakaitika kuna Edward Catchpool, mukuru weScotland Yard - Catchpool anoratidza kuti akapedza zuva rese achiongorora mhondi nhatu paBloxham Hotel yemhando yepamusoro; vakadzi vaviri nemurume, vese vari mumakamuri akapatsanurwa, vakawanikwa vakafa pakutanga manheru, mumwe nemumwe aine monogrammed cufflink (ine mavara 'PJI') mumiromo yavo.  Zuva rakatevera, Poirot naCatchpool vanoenda kunzvimbo yemhosva kwavanowana rumwe ruzivo nezvevakaurayiwa nemuridzi wehotera, Luca Lazzari; vakaurayiwa (Harriet Sippel, Ida Gransbury naRichard Negus) vese vakasvika pahotera zvakasiyana pazuva rimwe chete; munhu wese akawanikwa mumakamuri avo ehotera akavharwa; kuponda kwakaitika pakati pa19: 15 na20: 10 (vese vatatu vakaurayiwa vakaonekwa vari vapenyu na19: 15 nevashandi vehotera); VaNegus vaive vabhuka makamuri evose vatatu vakaurayiwa uye vakabhadhara kwavari pamberi penguva; muchengeti mudiki akaona VaNegus munzvimbo yekugamuchira maminetsi gumi nemashanu mushure mekunge sevhisi yekamuri yapihwa kune vakaurayiwa. Gare gare, zvinoratidzwa kuti vose vari vatatu vakaurawa vakanga vagara mumusha unonzi Great Holling, uye kuti VaNegus vakanga vavimbisana kuroorana naIda - mukuwedzera, Richard akanga asiya Great Holling muna 1913 pashure pokufa kwomufundisi womusha wacho nomudzimai wake, Patrick naFrances Ives. Poirot anotumira Catchpool kuGreat Holling kuti awane mamwe mashoko pamusoro pevakaurayiwa. Mushure mekusvika mumusha, Catchpool anosangana naMargaret Ernst, chirikadzi yemupristi achangobva kusvika mumusha. Pashure pokuzeza, Margaret anoudza Catchpool nezvezvakaitika muna 1913. Mhandara yomufundisi yakanga yaudza Harriet Sippel runyerekupe rwokuti mufundisi wacho akanga achitora mari kuvanhu vomumusha kuti avabatsire 'kutaurirana' nehama dzavo dzakafa. Harriet akaparadzira runyerekupe mumusha, achitsigirwa naIda naVaNegus. Runyerekupe rwacho rwakaramba ruchienderera mberi kusvikira paitwa zvikumbiro zvokubvisa Ives saVicar, uye utano hwaFrances hwakaderera somugumisiro. Pakupedzisira, asingachagoni kutsungirira runyerekupe rwacho, Frances akazviuraya, mufundisi aiva nemwoyo wakaputsika achimutevera nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Mushure mekubvunzurudzwa, Catchpool anoziva kuti musikana akataura nhema dzekutanga ndiJennie Hobbs - iye Jennie uyo Poirot anga achitsvaga nguva yese iyi.  Zvichakadaro, sezvo Catchpool achisiya London, Poirot anoronga kusangana naNancy Ducane, muimbi ane mukurumbira uyo akaonekwa achisiya hotera nguva pfupi mushure mekuuraya - Nancy akataurawo munyaya yaMargaret semunhu wemumusha akaonekwa achishanyira chechi husiku naIves. Mukati meshanyo, Nancy anoziva mazita avagari vakasiyana-siyana veGreat Holling asi anoramba kupa mamwe mashoko. Zvisinei, Poirot naConstable Stanley Beer vanowana makiyi maviri anoenderana nemakamuri maviri ehotera yevakaurayiwa. Paanoshanyira musha weshamwari yaNancy kuti asimbise chibvumikiso chake, Poirot anocherekedza mashoko akati wandei kubva pamifananidzo yakasiyana mukati meimba. Achangodzokera kumba, Poirot anodzidza kubva kuScotland Yard kuti mhondi yechina yaitika kuBloxham - naCatchpool, varume vaviri vanodzokera kuhotera - vanowana dziva reropa, monogrammed cufflink uye (kunetsa kwaPoirot) ngowani yaJennie mukati mekamuri. Mushure mekudzokera kuimba yavo yevaenzi, Poirot naCatchpool vanoshanyirwa naNancy, uyo anobvuma kubatana kwake nezviitiko muGreat Holling; aive nehukama naIves, uye Jennie - uyo aivewo murudo nemufundisi - akange aparadzira runyerekupe nekuda kwegodo. Kuedza kwaNancy kunyaradza vagari vomumusha nokutaura chokwadi kwakarambwa, uye zvirokwazvo kwakaparadza zvikuru mukurumbira womufundisi. Zuva rakatevera, Poirot anotora Catchpool kunoshanyira kero yaSamuel Kidd, chapupu chakaona Nancy pahotera. Zvisinei, panzvimbo paSamueri, vanokwaziswa naJennie Hobbs uyo - Poirot anozivisa - aimbova akaroorana naSamueri asati asangana nomufundisi. Mushure mekunzwa kupupura kwake, Poirot naCatchpool vanodzokera kuGreat Holling mukupindura kurwiswa kwakakomba kwaMargaret - mushure mekutaura nachiremba wemusha, Ambrose Flowerday, Poirot anosarudza kudzokera kuBloxham kekupedzisira kugadzirisa nyaya iyi.  Muhotera, Poirot anounganidza vashandi vehotera uye vanofungidzirwa pamwechete kuti vafumure mhinduro; Nancy Ducane naJennie Hobbs (vachibatsirwa naKidd) vakarangana kuuraya vanhu vatatu vakaurayiwa. Nancy naKidd vakanga vaita saHarriet naVaNegus na19.15, uye Kidd akanga ari murume akaonekwa nomushandi wepaimba yokugamuchira vaenzi pa19.30. Nancy anoreurura mhosva dzacho, asi anorohwa zvakaipisisa naJennie. KuScotland Yard, Jennie, anobvuma divi rake renhau; Muna 1913, runyerekupe rwekuti Jennie akagadzira rwaive rwunotarisirwa kuponesa Ives kubva mukukanganisa kwehukama hwake naNancy. Harriet akanga ane chokwadi chokuti mufundisi aigona kumubetsera kutaura nomurume wake akafa, uye paakarambwa, nenzira youtsinye akaparadzira runyerekupe muGreat Holling. Makore akati gare gare, VaNegus vakaonana naJennie pamusana pokuzvidemba nokuda kwezviito zvavo, uye vanhu vaviri vacho vakaronga kuuraya vose vane mhosva vana vakanga vabatanidzwa murunyerekupe. Mr. Negus naJennie vaizokwezva Harriet naIda kuBloxham pasi pezvirevo zvenhema ndokuvaisa muchetura zvakasiyana; Mr. Negus aizozoisa muchetura Jennie, uye pakupedzisira iye amene. Zvisinei, Jennie akazivisa muchivande chirongwa ichi kuna Nancy kuti arege kufa, uye akagombedzera Richard kuti afe asati afa kuitira kuti awane kururamisira Nancy. Mr. Negus akabvuma urongwa uhwu, uye Jennie akaronga kuti zviite sokuti Mr. Negus akazviuraya. Jennie akanga auraya Nancy pashure pokunge ataura pamusangano kuti ukama hwake naIves hwakanga huri hwepanyama, panzvimbo pokudanana kwakanaka uko Jennie akanga atungamirirwa kuti atende.  Mazuva mana mushure mekusungwa kwaJennie naKidd, Poirot naCatchpool vanogamuchira tsamba kubva kuna Dr. Flowerday naMargaret Ernst; ivo vakachengetera manzwiro kune mumwe nemumwe kwemakore, uye mushure mekupindira kwaPoirot vakasarudza kuroora.
1. Zvinhu zvose. Hercule Poirot 2. Kuziva Mwari. Jennie Hobbs 3. Kuita zvinhu nenzira yakanaka. Edward Catchpool, 4. Luca Lazzari 5. Kuita zvinhu zvakanaka. Harriet Sippel 6. Kuita basa rokuparidza Ida Gransbury 7. Richard Negus 8. Patrick Ives 9. Kuparidza Frances Ives Gumi. Margaret Ernst Gumi nerimwe. Nancy Ducane Makumi maviri. Constable Stanley Beer Makumi Matatu Samuel Kidd 14. Chii chakaitika? Ambrose Flowerday