Henri Matisse Painting

Henri Matisse Painting
"You were not in the least at pains to choose a victim whose name beganwith D.Anyone would do!You assumed-and quite rightly-that it would beconsidered to be a mistake.There was sure to be someone whose name beganwith D not far off in the audience.It would be assumed that he had beenintended to be the victim. "And now，my friends，let us consider the matter from the point of viewof the false A B C-from the point of view of Mr Cust. "The Andover crime means nothing to him.He is shocked and surprised bythe Bexhill crime-why，he himself was there about the time!Then comes theChurston crime and the headlines in the newspapers.An A B C crime at Andover
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when he was there，an A B C crime at Bexhill，and now another closeby......Three crimes and he has been at the scene of each of them.Personssuffering from epilepsy often have blanks when they cannot remember whatthey have done......Remember that Cust was a nervous，highly neuroticsubject and extremely suggestible. "Then he receives the order to go to Doncaster. "Doncaster!And the next A B C crime is to be in Doncaster.He must havefelt as though it was fate.He loses his nerve，fancies his landlady islooking at him suspiciously，and tells her he is going to Cheltenham.Henri Matisse Painting
Henri Matisse Painting