Ten non -senior biography

Eight people received an invitation to visit a small island called Negro. Each of them was invited by an old, long -forgotten acquaintance. In the luxurious mansion of the invited, a butler and wife were met. Each guest in the room hung on the wall a children's counting about ten blacks who died from various accidents. The first black man choked during lunch, the second simply did not wake up, the third did not return from a walk, the fourth chopped himself with an ax, the fifth stung the bumblebee, the sixth the remaining blacks dried and executed, the seventh “fell on the bait” and drowned in the sea, and killed the bear eighth.

Two blacks lay down in the sun, one burned - and here is one, unhappy, lonely. The last black man looked tiredly, he went hanged himself, and no one was. Advertising on the table in the living room stood a tray with ten figures are low. At the direction of the owners who hired a servant in absentia, the butler put the record of the gramophone, the voice with which he accused each of those present, including the servant, of various crimes.

Judge Wargrave took up the investigation. Lawrence John Wargrave is one of the guests, a retired judge. Further, each of the guests took turns in the same way as described in the counters. After each death, the figure of a black man disappeared from the tray. Guests could not leave the island because of the storm. The police, investigating the murders, could not find the guilty.

By chance, a bottle was caught in the sea, in which the manuscript of Judge Wargrave was found. In it, he admitted that he was always obsessed with the mania of the murder. He collected information about people who were accused of murders, but justified. As a deadly ill, the judge invited his victims to the island and killed them. When everyone was killed, Judge Wargrave committed suicide, hoping that the secret of ten murders would remain unsolved.

A detailed retelling chapter 1. Invitations to the island in English newspapers wrote a lot about a small Negro island off the coast of Devon. Once he was acquired by an American millionaire who built a luxurious house there, but then he had to sell it. The island was bought by a certain Mr. Onim, whose personality there were various rumors, but no one knew who it was.

Advertising at the end of August eight people received an invitation to visit the island. Judge Wargrave is from his old acquaintance. Vera Cleeter and Philip Lombard was invited to work there. Vera was offered to work as a secretary, and Philip hinted that his experience of a person who was in dangerous alterations would come in handy. Miss Emily Brent received an invitation to take a break from a long -standing friend, but could not remember who it was.

Marcators, having received an invitation to visit the island from Mr. Oshim, decided that it was one of his old army friends. John Gordon MacArthur Dr. Armstrong, who was also invited by Mr. Onim, decided that the owner’s wife needed his consultation. Eduard George Armstrong Tony Marston, having received an invitation from the ONIM family, suggested that he would have fun in the company of girls.

Blor received an instruction from Mr. Oshim to collect those invited in a certain place and take them to the island. Chapter 2. The arrival of the invited to the island was met by Rogers and said that the owners would come tomorrow, but for now the guests can be located in their rooms. The guests were helped by the wife of the butler, who did not know the owners.

Advertising guests drew attention to the fact that everyone in the room on the wall hangs a children's count of ten blacks who died from different accidents. Chapter 3. The guests gathered in the living room for lunch. In the center of the table there was a tray with ten figures are quiet. After lunch, when the guests parted at different corners of the living room, a voice that accused each of them, including the servant, of a crime, suddenly rang out.

According to the speaker, all invited were indirectly guilty of murders of varying severity. They did not make them with their own hands, but people would not have died without their participation. The those present covered by the horror found that in the next room there was a man with a plate. The butler admitted that he received an instruction from the owner to put the record when the guests would drink coffee, but he thought that there was just music.

The judge decided to clarify the situation. The butler said that Mr. Onim hired him in absentia, sending a letter printed on a typewriter indicating. After conducting an investigation, the judge found out that the owners were hired by the blore so that he would follow the visitors. Having carefully examined the names of the owners, the judge came to the conclusion that their name is anonymous.

Chapter 4. The excuses of the accused, accused of crimes, were justified, claimed that they were not to blame, they were either accidents or insurmountable circumstances. Judge Wargrave sentenced the killer to death, he fulfilled his duty and acted by law, although he destroyed the innocent. Vera did not keep track of her naughty pupil, who swam far and drowned.

The boy’s mother did not blame her for anything. Advertising General MacArthur sent to the intelligence of a man who died while performing a combat mission, this was a common case in the war.The pawnshop admitted his guilt - he threw 20 natives to escape. Anthony shot down two children by car, but they ran out onto the road, and he could not do anything. The butler and his wife worked for a sick woman, looked after her, but when she became ill, they could not call a doctor, because due to bad weather the phone did not work.

Blor provided the court with testimony of robbery, the offender was convicted, and he died in hard labor. Dr. Armstrong explained to those present that the patient came to him too late, but he himself was tormented because he was drunk. The invited wanted to leave, but the boat on which the products brought was brought only in the morning. Suddenly Antoni Marston drank whiskey and fell dead.

Chapter 5. The night after the first death, the doctor decided that the poison was added into the glass of Marston. The guests parted in their rooms, pondering that the voice on the record said, and trying to find an excuse for the accusations. Removing from the table, the butler noticed that there were nine figures on the table. Chapter 6. Another death at night died of the butler at night, having drunk a sedative medicine that Dr.

Armstrong gave her, and there were already eight figures on the table. The scared guests wanted to leave, but the boat did not come. Chapter 7. The killer - Mr. Onim Miss Brent, left alone with Vera, was indignant about the accusations. She was accused of death by her maid. The girl became pregnant, and Miss Brent kicked her out. The parents turned away from her, and the girl drowned.

Miss Brent could not justify herself at all, since talking on such a topic with men is indecent. Advertising Lombard, Armstrong and Blor decided that Mr. Onim lured guests to the island to kill them according to the count. Chapter 8. Examination of the island of Lombard, Armstrong and Blor examined the island, built assumptions who could be Mr. ONIM, but did not find anyone.

Chapter 9. The murder of General Marcature Guests gathered to have lunch, but found out that General Marcatur was dead: he was hit on the head. The judge came to the conclusion that the killer is one of the guests, but each denied his guilt. The judge warned that everyone should be careful. The head of fear of the frightened guests went to bed, closing the doors of their rooms to the lock.

The guests again began to follow each other stealthily. The murder of the butler in the morning, gathered in the dining room, the guests were waiting for the butler with breakfast, but with horror noticed that there were six figures on the table. Rogers were found killed in the yard. He pricked firewood, and he was struck from behind with an ax. The remaining invited, despite fear, behaved as if nothing had happened.

The murder of Mrs. Brent Mrs. Brent felt dizziness and remained in the living room. Soon she was found dead. Everyone decided that she died of a bite of a bee, which was sitting on the window, but Dr. Armstrong found a trace of the needle on her neck and stated that he had a syringe. Advertising the judge demanded that all the remaining add up weapons and medicines in one place.

The pawnshop wanted to give the revolver, but he was not in place. The pawnshop assured that the weapons were stolen. The judge put all the things collected in the box and locked it in the buffet. He gave the keys to the box and the buffet to two different people so that no one could take these things. Under the window they found a syringe and a broken blackture figurine.

People began to lose human appearance with fear.