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Amory and Gil arrive at the hotel, and the first person they run into is someone who can cause problems. Her name is Yvonne Roland, and she writes the gossip column in a newspaper. When she sees Milo, she quickly comments her surprise at finding her there with Gil.
Then Gil introduces her to the rest of their party. Apart from Emmeline and Rupert, there are other people. There is Olive Henderson, who is the daughter of a banker, and she had a very close relationship with Rupert in the past. There are also two married couples: The Rodgers and the Hamiltons. Edward Rodgers is a criminal solicitor, and his wife is a platinum blonde who turns men’s heads. Nelson Hamilton has some kind of business, and he enjoys gawking at women, and Emory notices he and Anne Rodgers have become too friendly. Larissa Hamilton is a plain woman and is describe as a mousy character, and so far she is the one who Emory has talked most to. Lionel Blake is a stage actor, and Veronica Carter is the spoilt daughter of a wealthy man. She is beautiful, but from the first moment she is quite hostile to Amory. The woman knows Milo and they were together in Monte Carlo just recently.
Amory hang out with this group of people, having tea, dancing, and having dinner. Since the reason why she is there is Rupert Howe, she observes the man, and he reminds her of Milo and how smooth she was at the beginning, but he turned out to be nothing but a rogue. That night while Amory is reading a book on her balcony, she overhears the loud voices of Rupert and Gil. They are arguing about Emmeline; Gil wants him to leave his sister, and Rupert threatens him to show the letters Gil wrote to him. Amory doesn’t hear any more, and the following day Gil tells her that he needs to see to some matter and he’ll see him later in the day.
That morning Amory puts on her beach pyjamas and joins the others. Larissa Hamilton stays on the terrace as she is scared of the sea. On the beach Emory sees Anne Rodgers and Nelson Hamilton behaving too friendly; Lionel Blake is reading on the sand. When Emory spots Ammeline, she goes to talk to her, and she tries to tell her that Rupert is quite like Milo, and what she thought was a romantic dream at the beginning turned out to be a nightmare.
When Rupert returns to his fiancée after his dip in the sea and Veronica starts making more catty comments, Amory decides to have a swim somewhere else. Then she returns to her room. At tea time she is about to join the others when Emmeline comes to see her. She is very concerned because Rupert told her to meet him in the hall, and he is not there and nor is he in his bedroom. Emmeline and Amory try to find the man; they ask everybody but nobody has seen him, and when they check the terrace and Amory has a look from the overlook, she notices a man sprawled there down, and she knows it is Rupert.
The man is dead, and at the beginning Amory thinks he must have fallen accidentally. Yet, a policeman, DI Jones, comes to talk to her and tells her that Rupert Howe was murdered. Someone hit him in the head with a stone and then threw him over the parapet. Amory is shocked and concerned, and when the policeman asks her if there is someone who might have a reason to kill the man, Amory can’t help but think of the conversation she overheard between Rupert and Gil. Yet, she keeps quiet about it. She knows that Gil is at risk, so she thinks she might help him by making some discreet enquiries.
That night Amory and Gil go for a walk on the terrace. Amory thinks he is going to kiss him, and she wonders what she can do. Yet, the moment is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of Milo, her husband. Both Amory and Gil are surprised to see them, and when Gil goes in a huff, Milo tells him that he came when he heard about the death that has taken place. Amory doesn’t believe him, and Milo then adds that there has been an article in the newspaper about Amory being in the hotel without her husband, so he is now here, worried about his reputation. Amory doesn’t believe him, and I don’t know, but the man’s presence is suspicious. He claims to have arrived last night, but what if he arrived in the hotel earlier. Could he be considered a suspect?
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