Also present at the surgery was Howard Raikes, a prickly left-wing activist violently opposed to Blunt but enamoured of his niece. Her boyfriend, Frank Carter, had a weak motive given that Morley had attempted to dissuade her from seeing him. Morley’s secretary had been called away by a fake telegram. Morley’s partner, Reilly, is a rogue but seems to have no motive. The movements of people at the dental surgery are inconclusive. Amberiotis dies of an overdose of anaesthetic and it is thought that the dentist has killed himself after realising the accident for which he had been responsible. The presence of a man thought essential to the country’s economic survival, the banker, Blunt, ensures Japp’s involvement in the case. Between Poirot’s appointment and Morley’s death there were only three patients: Banker Alistair Blunt, Mabelle, and a Greek blackmailer named Amberiotis. Later, he hears from Inspector Japp that Morley has died of a gunshot. He returns to her the shiny buckle that has fallen from her shoe. Hercule Poirot leaves the office of his dentist, Morley, after an appointment, and notices the arrival of Mabelle Sainsbury Seale.
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