Morning+Activities+in+Chipping+Cleghorn+(Continued)

A Murder is Announced Chapter 13 Summary

 * Miss Marple walked out of the "vicarage gate" with Julian Harmon and stopped to look into the window of Mr. Elliot's antique shop (116).
 * Shop is purposefully next to a cafe so wealthy motorists can stop by after a cup of tea.
 * His shop has everything from "cheap doorknockers" and "quaint pixies" to "sad-looking beads necklaces" (116).
 * Everybody knows that Miss Marple is staying at the vicarage.
 * Miss Marple decides she wants a cup of tea after seeing Dora go in the "Bluebird Tea Room and Cafe" (116).
 * They start conversing over tea, talking about rheumatic legs to Phillipa Haymes.
 * Miss Marple offers the colorful suggestion that Edmund has the hots for Phillipa Haymes.
 * Miss Marple changes the conversation topic to get info out of her.
 * Dora talks with Miss Marple and they come to the topic of money and how it "can do a lot to ease one's path in life" (118).
 * Dora becomes very emotional and tells Marple about her life before living with Blacklock.
 * She knows that Miss Blacklock just pretends that she is actually "useful to her" 120).
 * Miss Blacklock left something for Dora in her will knowing she would be unemployed if she died.
 * Dora thinks many people take advantage of Miss Blacklock like Patrick for getting money out of her.
 * Miss Bunner throws Patrick and Julia under the bus by telling Marple about seeing Patrick with a cup of oil and Julia talking to him.
 * Suddenly Miss Blacklock comes out of nowhere.
 * Miss Blacklock is a little reproachful towards Dora after.
 * Bunch comes in and asks what they were talking about and Miss Marple starts talking about family solidarity.
 * Miss Marple completely makes up what they were supposedly talking about before.
 * The waitress that serves them is also called Julia and Miss Marple, for a slight moment suspects her of something.