Vera And Lombard Have A Chat: Chapter Analysis

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Matthew Osley
Mrs. Van Fechtmann
Turnitin Notes Chapters 10-13

Chapter 10
Vera and Lombard have a chat. Vera does not suspect Lombard as the murderer and vice versa.
Lombard suggests Justice Wargrave (both executioner and judge)
Vera suggests Armstrong (2 deaths by poison couldn’t have been a coincidence)
Blore says he suspects someone on the island, but he won’t explain who it is.
Armstrong thinks everyone will die in their beds.
Emily is in her room and feels in a groggy mood while writing in her diary, and writes that Beatrice Taylor (the person Brent was accused of murdering) is the murderer.
Rogers tells everyone that the scarlet oilsilk has been stolen.
Everyone becomes nervous again
Rogers locks the dining room door so no one can

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