Madonna Litta

Madonna Litta
madonna with the yarnwinder painting
Mother and Child
My Sweet Rose painting "I'm not quite sure.One of the servants,I think.In carrying my mother-in-law's body into her cave,there was a good deal of confusion and the light wasvery poor.A table got knocked over." Poirot eyed her steadily for a minute or two. "That,"he said,"is very interesting." Nadine Boynton shifted wearily in her chair. "You are suggesting,I think,that my mother-in-law did not die of shock,butof an overdose of digitalis?"she said,and went on: "That seems to me mostimprobable."
oil painting
Poirot leaned forward. "Even when I tell you that Dr Gerard,the French physician who was staying inthe camp,had missed an appreciable quantity of a preparation of digitoxin fromhis medicine chest?" Her face grew very pale.He saw the clutch of her hand on the table.Her eyesdropped.She sat very still.She was like a Madonna carved in stone. "Well,madame,"said Poirot at last,"what have you to say to that?" The seconds ticked on but she did not speak.It was quite two minutes beforeshe raised her head,and he started a little when he saw the look in her eyes.