Chapter 16As Paul stands guard at the front door to keep out the curious – which is no mean feat – Doctor Poullet and I find ourselves alone with the corpse.
“Surely someone must have heard something,” he says. “This poor girl suffered greatly before she died.”
“Was she killed with the hammer?” I ask.
“No, my dear, she was killed with the rope in the cellar,” he replies and laughs. I look quizzically at him. “Have you never played the game of 'Cluedo'?” he enquires. “Forgive my humour, but sometimes when one is faced with incomprehensible horror the best defence is laughter,” he explains. “As it happens, the hammer blows didn't kill her, they were used merely to inflict pain. She was, in fact, strangled. I assume she was murdered by a man, because whoever strangled her did it with their
