He believes he has been playing God Almighty and Executioner and he wants to take it one step further. Vera believes that Dr. Although at the time General Macarthur committed his crime—deliberately sending a subordinate to his death during the Great War—he felt perfectly justified, over the years his action continued to haunt him. Realizing that death lurks on the island, he feels quite ready to accept his punishment. You all heard. Someone snuck in his room at night.
Marston committed suicide. Everyone agrees that they should leave as soon as possible except Anthony Marston, who suggests that they should stay and try to solve the mystery.
Then he takes a drink, chokes, and quickly dies. Marston, the one who feels no guilt, is the first to die. Rogers killed herself? It is how everyone is going to die. Blore remembers a case of murder by ax some time ago, an unsolved crime because it seemed too incredible that a calm housewife could have committed such a gruesome event. This leads Blore to believe that it is Miss Brent and her religious mania that must be the culprit. He reminds Lombard that Miss Brent had been out wandering the island when Rogers was murdered.
Lombard and Blore both agree that they do not suspect the other of the crimes. Blore opens up and tells Lombard that, indeed, he had been responsible for perjury that sent the man named Landor away to prison where he had died. He did it on a bribe from a crime organization. Lombard promises not to tell. He then tells Blore that he is a sitting target for U. Owen because he has no criminal imagination. Lombard declares that he has his own imagination and plans to get off this island.
In the kitchen, Vera begins to feel bad because she became so hysterical. This sparks a memory from her day with Cyril. She tries to calm herself, telling herself that Cyril had drowned long before she had been able to reach the rock where he swam. The hurt remains, however, because she knows that Hugo, her true love, knew just from looking at her that she had been responsible for the death. Vera turns to Miss Brent and remarks how calm the woman is.
When the breakfast is over, they clear the table and wash up. Armstrong tells her it is delayed shock, and everyone moves into the kitchen. As Miss Brent sits in the dining room, she begins to feel dizzy and to have a quiet buzzing in her ears, like a bee. She suddenly feels somebody in the room, but she cannot turn around and scream. She feels a prick, like a bee sting, on the side of her neck. Everyone waits for Miss Brent in the drawing room.
Blore speaks up and tells everyone that Miss Brent, because of her religious mania, is obviously the killer. He reminds them that she would not explain her accusation from the gramophone. Vera Claythorne tells them that she had confided in her and then tells her the story. Justice Wargrave observes that it is a reasonable story. Armstrong sees the mark on the side of her neck and declares that someone had injected her with poison from a syringe.
In the window, a bee is trapped inside and trying to escape the room. The entire party moves upstairs and discovers that the needle is missing. Armstrong insists that someone must have taken the needle, and the judge tells them that one of them must be the murderer.
Each guest submits to a search of his or her person. Struggling with distance learning? Themes All Themes. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read.
The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in And Then There Were None , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Lombard says that they must have been wrong — the deaths were just coincidences. Blore asks Armstrong whether he may have accidentally overdosed Mrs. Rogers on a sleeping pill.
Armstrong says that this is ridiculous and Lombard says that they should stop accusing each other. Lombard, with his logical mind, does not want to believe that one of the guests could be the murderer, or that their comprehensive search could have failed. Active Themes. Blore then turns on Lombard and asks why he brought a revolver on a social visit. He explains that he was asked to come here by a man named Morris who offered him guineas to keep his eyes open.
Lombard explains that he didn't say anything last night because he thought the event was exactly the thing he was supposed to cope with. But now Lombard believes he is in the same sticky situation as everyone else — Mr. Morris was lying to him and they are all in a trap. After having unsuccessfully worked together all day to look for the criminal the men start accusing each other. Society is starting to break down.
Blore is understandably skeptical of Lombard's weapon, but Lombard assures him that they are all in the same boat. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts.
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Teachers and parents! Struggling with distance learning? Themes All Themes. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in And Then There Were None , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Vera asks Lombard to wake her up so she can realize that this is all a bad dream, but Lombard tells her that won't happen.
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