CONTENTS

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[I]DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE1
[II]WHO’S WHO IN KING’S ABBOT7
[III]THE MAN WHO GREW VEGETABLE MARROWS17
[IV]DINNER AT FERNLY31
[V]MURDER49
[VI]THE TUNISIAN DAGGER65
[VII]I LEARN MY NEIGHBOR’S PROFESSION75
[VIII]INSPECTOR RAGLAN IS CONFIDENT92
[IX]THE GOLDFISH POND106
[X]THE PARLORMAID118
[XI]POIROT PAYS A CALL136
[XII]ROUND THE TABLE145
[XIII]THE GOOSE QUILL156
[XIV]MRS. ACKROYD165
[XV]GEOFFREY RAYMOND178
[XVI]AN EVENING AT MAH JONG190
[XVII]PARKER202
[XVIII]CHARLES KENT218
[XIX]FLORA ACKROYD226
[XX]MISS RUSSELL238
[XXI]THE PARAGRAPH IN THE PAPER251
[XXII]URSULA’S STORY260
[XXIII]POIROT’S LITTLE REUNION269
[XXIV]RALPH PATON’S STORY284
[XXV]THE WHOLE TRUTH289
[XXVI]AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH298
[XXVII]APOLOGIA303

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