The Voice in the Dark: A Mysterious Mr. Quin Story
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Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin.
Mr. Satterthwaite’s old friend Lady Barbara Stanleigh asks him to investigate her daughter Margery’s claim that the family seat is haunted. He and Mr. Quin set about solving the mystery.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
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The Voice in the Dark - Agatha Christie
Contents
The Voice in the Dark
About the Author
The Agatha Christie Collection
Copyright
About the Publisher
THE VOICE IN THE DARK
I am a little worried about Margery," said Lady Stranleigh.
My girl, you know,
she added.
She sighed pensively.
It makes one feel terribly old to have a grown-up daughter.
Mr. Satterthwaite, who was the recipient of these confidences, rose to the occasion gallantly.
No one could believe it possible,
he declared with a little bow.
Flatterer,
said Lady Stranleigh, but she said it vaguely and it was clear that her mind was elsewhere.
Mr. Satterthwaite looked at the slender white-clad figure in some admiration. The Cannes sunshine was searching, but Lady Stranleigh came through the test very well. At a distance the youthful effect was really extraordinary. One almost wondered if she were grown-up or not. Mr. Satterthwaite, who knew everything, knew that it was perfectly possible for Lady Stranleigh to have grown-up grandchildren. She represented the extreme triumph of art over nature. Her figure was marvellous, her complexion was marvellous. She had enriched many beauty parlours and certainly the results were astounding.
Lady Stranleigh lit a cigarette, crossed her beautiful legs encased in the finest of nude silk stockings and murmured: Yes, I really am rather worried about Margery.
Dear me,
said Mr. Satterthwaite, what is the trouble?
Lady Stranleigh turned her beautiful blue eyes upon him.
You have never met her, have you? She is Charles’ daughter,
she added helpfully.
If entries in ‘Who’s Who’ were strictly truthful, the entries concerning Lady Stranleigh might have ended as follows: hobbies: getting married. She had floated through life shedding husbands as she went. She had lost three by divorce and one by death.
If she had been Rudolph’s child I could have understood it,
mused