- Hildegrade Schmidt was theCook of the Armstrong family and very good friends with Paullet the maid accused of the kidnapping who commit suicided- Greta Ohlsson was the nanny of the Armstrong child and was looked after well- Mary Debenham - The Armstrong family took her into the home and into there hearts.- Caroline Hubbard -The child murdered was her grand daughter- Countess Andrenyi -Was sister to Mrs Armstrong and the murdered child was her niece- Count Andrenyi - Countess Andrenyi’s husband- Princess Dragomiroff was the God mother of Mrs Armstrong - Colonel Arbuthnot was good friends with Mr Armstrong who was also a colonel.- Cyrus Hardman was going to marry Paulet the maid accused of the kidnapping who ended up committing suicide. - Pierre Michel -Was the father of PauletOther themes in the book are revenge and morals. The theme revenge occurs, as the murder is committed in revenge for the Armstrong family. The theme morals occurs when the decision of which solution should be given to Yugoslavian police is decided on the morals of Dr Constantine and Monsieur Bouc. ConclusionI enjoyed this story and whislt reading it I wondered if it was a good detectivew story and therefore I compared it to W.H. Audens description of a detective story. Which is “A murder occurs; many are suspected; all but one suspect, who is the murderer, are eliminated; the murderer is arrested or dies.” While a murder does occur and many are suspected but that is were the similarity ends. Because the suspects are not eliminated down to a single criminal and a murderer is not arrested or dies. Perhaps this is because Agatha Christie believed that the outcome does not always have to do justice in accordance with the law and rather that it is morally right....
