Mystery & Crime
The murder of Roger Ackroyd
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1 DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLEMrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th–17th September—a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o’clock on the morning of Friday the 17th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours.It was just a few minutes after nine when I reached home once more.
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