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Agatha Ratsin, a newcomer in the village of Carsely.
has taken part in a quiche competition. Mr. Camis
Browne, her weighbour, died in the night, and Apacha is
suspected of having polsoned him with her quiche. Bilt
the local policeman, has come to tell her about the case.
Agatha asked all about the case, all the details she
had not asked before. M. Cummings-Brown had been
found dead in the morning. Then why, asked Agatha.
had Mrs. Cummings-Browne gone straight up to bed?
"Oh, that was because her husband was usually
late, drinking at the Red Lion."
"Anyway, how did you guess I never cooked that
quiche? For you did, you know, even before I baked
one."
"The minute 1 saw there wasn't a single baking
ingredient in the kitchen, I was sure," he laughed.
"I asked you to make one to be absolutely sure. You
should have seen your face!
"Oh, very funny
He looked at her curiously. What an odd woman
she was, he thought. Her shiny, well-groomed hair
was not permed but cut in a sort of Dutch bob that
somehow sulted her square, rather truculent face. Her
body was square and stocky and her legs surprisingly
good. "What asked Bill, "was so special to a recently ex-high-powered businesswoman
like yourself about winning a village competition?"
"I felt out of place," said Agatha bleakly. "I wanted to make my mark on the village.
He laughed happily, his eyes closing into slits. "You've just done that. Mrs. Cummings
Browne knows now you cheated and so does Fred Griggs, the local bobby, and he's
prize gossip
Agatha felt too humiliated to speak. So much for her dream home. She would need
to sell up. How could she face anyone in the village?
MC BEATON, Awhe Rebbe and the Quiche of Deark, 1992
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