Sir Henry Clithering was having a party where Mrs. Bantry was the hostess. They needed one other person as a guest to make an even number of six guests. They decided to invite Miss Jane Marple. At Colonel and Mrs. Bantry's house, they sat around at that evening and tried to solve a mystery that hadn't been solved. They enjoyed sitting around and trying to solve unsolved mysteries. This particular mystery was about George Pritchard. He waited on his semi-invalid wife until she died. He couldn't do anything right. One day, Mrs. Pritchard was found locked in her room and was dead. Now, they had to figure out what happened and how the villain escaped a locked room.
Mrs. Pritchard believed in fortune tellers, palmists, and clairvoyants, and other types of spiritual readers that were like these. However, her husband, George, didn't believe in these spiritual readers, but if his wife wanted to believe it, then it was okay with him. He just didn't want to participate in the activities.
During the day, different nurses were coming by to take care of Mrs. Pritchard. However, Mrs. Pritchard wasn't very satisfied with their work.
One day Mrs. Pritchard saw a new fortune teller. The fortune teller told her that she needs to get rid of the blue flowers in her room. She said blue flowers are fatal to you. She also mentioned to her about other things and what they represent. She said blue geraniums were fatal to her. Did she get rid of the blue geraniums in her room? Did they have anything to do with her death? Who was involved in her murder and how did they do it and escape? What was the motive for killing Mrs. Pritchard? Did someone have something to gain by her death? Now, you will have to read this story to find out what happened to Mrs. Pritchard.
I enjoyed reading this story even though I don't believe in fortune telling, etc. I think it was an interesting short story, and anyone who enjoys reading Agatha Christie's short stories will enjoy reading this one.
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