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Chapter 17: The Album
 * Bunch (Mrs. Harmon) asks Miss. Marple to deliver a letter to Miss. Blacklock. This letter is from Bunch’s vicar husband, and it concerns the funeral plans for Miss. Bunner. Miss. Marple takes the letter and returns to Little Paddocks.
 * Miss. Marple remembers her final conversation with Miss. Bunner at the Bluebird. She wonders what Miss. Bunner meant when she said that Patrick likely "tampered with the lamp" (151) near the archway.
 * Miss. Bunner mentioned that the lamp was “one of a pair” (152) – one of the lamps was carved in the shape of a shepherd, while the other was carved in the shape of a shepherdess. It occurs to Miss. Marple that the //shepherd// lamp is currently occupying the table near the archway, but the //shepherdess// lamp was in its place during the holdup.
 * Miss. Marple recalls that Miss. Blacklock originally accused Patrick of putting the announcement in the newspaper. She wonders if Patrick is actually Pip.
 * Miss. Blacklock returns. Mrs. Marple gives her the note.
 * Miss. Blacklock remarks that the vicar is very understanding. Then she begins to cry, saying that Miss. Bunner was her "only link with the past." (153) Now she is alone.
 * Detective Craddock comes in and asks Mrs. Marple to leave. His tone toward her is cold, and he justifies this by telling Miss. Blacklock that Mrs. Marple is being a "Nosy Parker." (154)
 * Miss. Blacklock tells the Detective that she thinks Miss. Marple is innocent. Craddock doesn’t bother correcting her because he’s worried that Mrs. Marple will be the "next person bumped off". (154)
 * Detective Craddock asks Miss. Blacklock if she would be able to recognize Sonia Goedler if she saw her. Miss. Blacklock responds that she isn’t sure.
 * The Detective then asks Miss. Blacklock if she thinks that Mrs. Swetenham is actually Sonia. Miss. Blacklock thinks that is idea is strange and rejects it.
 * Craddock asks Miss. Blacklock for a snapshot of Sonia so that he can "pick out resemblances"(156) to determine whether the “real” Sonia is the same at the Sonia who he spoke to earlier.
 * Craddock goes to look for Julia so that she can give him Miss. Blacklock’s old photo albums. He bumps into her as she is leaving the attic. (Keep this in mind. It will be important later on.)
 * Detective Craddock looks through the albums, only to find "blank spaces." (158) All of the photos of Sonia were removed. Dun dun dun.

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