Among+Those+Present

Chapter 7: Among Those Present
 * Craddock asks an old man where to find Mrs. Haymes.
 * Jim Huggins tells Craddock that “‘Miss Blacklock don’t keep much money in the ‘ouse’” (55).
 * Huggins says his wife is convinced "“that Mitzi’s mixed up in it, that’s what she thinks. Awful temper she ‘as, and the airs she gives herself!”" (56)
 * He comments on Miss Blacklock's fake pearls and suggests they are probably costume jewelry.
 * Craddock goes to the orchard to find Phillipa Haymes.
 * Phillipa Haymes says she entered the house through the side door and locked it behind her.
 * Phillipa Haymes was by the mantle when the man came through the door with the flashlight which she thought was part of the game. She was bored until shots rang out, then she became very frightened.
 * She recounts that the flashlight broke when it dropped and Mitzi started to scream.
 * Edmund and Patrick went to find Mitzi and Patrick slapped her to return her to her senses.
 * Phillipa says she had never seen the dead man on the floor before.
 * Mrs. Lucas is not happy that Craddock interrupts her work saying she doesn’t "“like strangers forcing their way into [her] garden, wasting the gardeners’ time"” (59). She mentions that Phillipa Haymes doesn’t make much money.
 * Craddock goes to the Swettenham's next to question Mrs. Swettenham.
 * Mrs. Swettenham thought it was a game when she arrived, as did the other guests.
 * Mrs. Swettenham says she was talking to Julia Simmons in the middle of the room at the time the intruder entered and that the light was right in her eyes and it moved slowly over every face.
 * Craddock asks if anyone was in the far room at the time and Mrs. Swettenham tells him "“Phillipa Haymes had moved there" and that she thinks ""she was looking for something”" (61).
 * Mrs. Swettenham claims she let Mitzi out of the room she was locked in, but it was stated earlier that it was Edmund who unlocked the door. Mrs. Swettenham doesn't seem like the most reliable of witnesses.
 * Craddock next visits the Easterbrooks, where he spent a rather long amount of time.
 * Colonel Easterbrook talks too much about the psychology of the murder, thinking Rudi has “been passed over, perhaps despised as a foreigner by the other employees at the Spa Hotel. A girl has turned him down, perhaps. He wants to rivet her attention on him” (62).
 * Colonel Easterbrook doesn’t think he shot Miss Blacklock on purpose, probably that he thought he had killed someone so he panicked and shot himself.
 * Colonel Easterbrook recounts that he was by the center table with his wife.
 * Craddock then goes to the Boulders to question Miss Hinchliffe and Miss Murgatroyd.
 * Miss Hinchliffe tells Craddock “"Mrs. Mopp says he came from one of the big hotels in Medenham Wells”" and wonders why Rudi didn't hold someone up there (63).
 * Miss Hinchliffe originally thought Patrick was playing a joke on everyone.
 * Miss Murgatroyd says she was by the chrysanthemums when she heard the gunshots, and thought they were part of the game.
 * Then Miss Murgatroyd thought Mitzi was being murdered when she started to shout, realizing it wasn't a game.
 * Miss Murgatroyd is worried that she did badly in interrogation but Miss Hinchliffe assures her otherwise.
 * Craddock leaves, and heads to the Harmon's house.
 * Mrs. Harmon said she won’t be any help, since ""[she] shut [her] eyes”" (66).
 * She heard bangs, pushing, falling, and screaming.
 * Mrs. Harmon says the man dead on the floor looked surprised.

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