DeathontheNile_aHerculePoirotmystery

Agatha Christie - Death On The Nile PART ONE CHAPTER 1 Linnet Ridgeway! "That's Her." said Mr. Burnaby, the landlord of the Three Crowns. He nudged his companion. The two men stared with round bucolic eyes and slightly open mouths. A big scarlet Rolls-Royce had just stopped in front of the local post office. A girl jumped out, a girl without a hat and wearing a frock that looked (but only looked) simple. A girl with golden hair and straight autocratic features-- a girl with a lovely shape--a girl such as was seldom seen in MaltonunderWode. With a quick imperative step she passed into the post office. "That's her!'! said Mr. Burnaby again. And he went on in a low awed voice. "Millions she's got .... Going to spend thousands on the place. Swimming pools there's going to be, and Italian gardens and a ballroom and a half of the house pulled down and rebuilt . . ." "She'll bring money into the town," said his friend. He was a lean seedy-looking man. His tone was envious and grudging. Mr. Burnaby agreed. "Yes, it's a great thing for Malton-under-Wode. A great thing it is." Mr. Burnaby was complacent about it. "Wake us al......