TheHoundofDeath_AShortStory

Contents The Hound of Death About the Author The Agatha Christie Collection Copyright About the Publisher THE HOUND OF DEATH It was from William P. Ryan, American newspaper correspondent, that I first heard of the affair. I was dining with him in London on the eve of his return to New York and happened to mention that on the morrow I was going down to Folbridge. He looked up and said sharply: “Folbridge, Cornwall?” Now only about one person in a thousand knows that there is a Folbridge in Cornwall. They always take it for granted that the Folbridge, Hampshire, is meant. So Ryan’s knowledge aroused my curiosity. “Yes,” I said. “Do you know it?” He merely replied that he was darned. He then asked if I happened to know a house called Trearne down there. My interest increased. “Very well indeed. In fact, it’s to Trearne I’m going. It’s my sister’s house.” “Well,” said William P. Ryan. “If that doesn’t beat the band!” I suggested that he should cease making cryptic remarks and explain himself. “Well,” he said. “To do that I shall have to go back to an experience of mine at the beginning of the war.” I sighed. The events which I am ......