
Of course in the original book everyone died, so the point didn't arise! However I would say that the police would accept their story since (a) There was no conceivable motive for wholesale slaughter on their part and no sign of mental instability (b) No previous acquaintance between them and their several stories of how they came to Nigger Island would be confirmed (c) They were neither of them ever in a financial position to buy N1gger Island or to set this scene (d) Purchase of N1gger Island probably could be eventually linked to the judge also evidence that he had checked up on the other guests, and probable indication of mental instability would have been noticed even if not fully appreciated arsenic, cyanide, knife, etc. Curran.'' Christie writes: ''You have certainly raised forth an interesting point. 'Churston Ferrers, South Devon,' February 21, no year.

Important Autograph Letter Signed, ''Agatha Christie,'' on her imprinted Greenway House stationery.
