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Chapter 11: Miss Marple Comes to Tea
 * Mrs. Harmon and Miss Marple join Miss Blacklock and Miss Bunner for tea over at Little Paddocks.
 * Immediately, after meeting the hostess for the first time, Miss Marple recommends tricks and tips for how catch burglars and how to prevent future burglaries from happening, which Miss Blacklock finds peculiar.
 * Miss Marple further questions Miss Blacklock about the murder and the break in, ""these burglars are so violent these days. How did he get in?"" (101). and while Miss Blacklock is reluctant, Miss Bunner jumps into the conversation and begins spilling out details regarding what Inspector Craddock told her that morning until she receives a look from Letitia and apologetically refutes
 * Miss Blacklock reassures her friend that she is forgiven, ""you're my great comfort, Dora. And, anyway, in a small place like Chipping Cleghorn, there aren't really any secrets"" (101).
 * Miss Marple then discusses how gossip flies around town, while Mrs. Harmon comes up with a solution, but later realizes its flaws. Miss Marple continues to question Miss Blacklock, although she thinks she is bothering her saying, ""I'm afraid you must think me sadly curious"" (102).
 * Patrick enters the room, and reenacts the murder which took place in that very same room, as Miss Blacklock attempts to change the subject by offering her guests cigarettes.
 * Dora makes a comment on how people nowadays are careless of where they smoke and where they put their cigarettes, particularly referencing a table, but admiring all of the furniture owned by Miss Blacklock. When complimented on a lamp, Dora accepted it as if the lamp was her own "again it was Miss Bunner who accepted the compliment as though she not Miss Blacklock was the owner of the lamp (103)."
 * Miss Marple sympathizes with Dora by saying ""I must confess that my own few possessions are very dear to me, too"" (104).
 * She then talks about the photographs of her family she has collected over the years, and Miss Blacklock admits to not having many photos of Julia and Patrick, and frankly not recognizing them at all when photographs of the children were sent to her. She says she has ""really forgotten how many children she had or what their names were until she wrote me about you two being over here"" (104).
 * As Miss Marple and Mrs. Harmon walk home, Miss Marple hints that some information learned at tea will interest Inspector Craddock. Miss Marple says that ""it is interesting to know that Mrs. Blacklock didn't know either of her two young relatives by sight. Yes- I think Inspector Craddock will be interested to hear that"" (105).

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