![]() ![]() ![]() Alfred left the manor early that evening, and stayed overnight in the village. She had been quite distressed after this, and apparently made a new will - no one can find any evidence that it exists. On the day of the murder, Emily had been arguing with someone, suspected to be either Alfred or John. ![]() However, the money she inherited would be distributed according to her own will, which she changed at least once per year her most recent will favours Alfred, who will inherit her fortune. ![]() Poirot learns that per Emily's will, John is the vested remainder man of the manor - he inherits the property from her, per his father's will. Her household includes: her husband Alfred Inglethorp, a younger man she recently married her stepsons (from her first husband's previous marriage) John and Lawrence Cavendish John's wife Mary Cavendish Cynthia Murdoch, the daughter of a deceased friend of the family and Evelyn Howard, Emily's companion. Cavendish, she inherited from him both the manor and a large portion of his income. Poirot learns that Emily was a woman of wealth - upon the death of her previous husband, Mr. Mary, to enlist help from his friend staying there - Hercule Poirot. Arthur Hastings, a soldier from the Western Front staying there as a guest on his sick leave, ventures out to the nearby village of Styles St. One morning at Styles Court, an Essex country manor, its household wake to the discovery that the owner, elderly Emily Inglethorp, has died. ![]()
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