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    The Case of the Perfect Maid: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
    The Case of the Perfect Maid: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
    The Case of the Perfect Maid: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
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    The Case of the Perfect Maid: A Tommy & Tuppence Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    When her maid asks Miss Marple to intervene in the delicate problem of her rather opinionated cousin Gladys, she doesn’t think much can be done. Poor Gladys has been accused of stealing a precious brooch belonging to her employers, the reserved Misses Skinner. While one sister malingers with mysterious ailments, the other attends to her every need, and they’ve both decided that Gladys must go. But, one day there appears a paragon to replace her, the perfect maid, or so they think….

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 27, 2011
    ISBN9780062129703
    The Case of the Perfect Maid: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      The Case of the Perfect Maid - Agatha Christie

      The Case of the Perfect Maid

      A Miss Marple Short Story

      by Agatha Christie

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      The Case of the Perfect Maid

      About the Author

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      The Case of the Perfect Maid

      ‘The Case of the Perfect Maid’ was first published as ‘The Perfect Maid’ in Strand Magazine, April 1942, and then in the USA as ‘The Maid Who Disappeared’ in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, 13 September 1942.

      ‘Oh, if you please, madam, could I speak to you a moment?’

      It might be thought that this request was in the nature of an absurdity, since Edna, Miss Marple’s little maid, was actually speaking to her mistress at the moment.

      Recognizing the idiom, however, Miss Marple said promptly, ‘Certainly, Edna, come in and shut the door. What is it?’

      Obediently shutting the door, Edna advanced into the room, pleated the corner of her apron between her fingers, and swallowed once or twice.

      ‘Yes, Edna?’ said Miss Marple encouragingly.

      ‘Oh, please, ma’am, it’s my cousin, Gladdie.’

      ‘Dear me,’ said Miss Marple, her mind leaping to the worst – and, alas, the most usual conclusion. ‘Not – not in trouble?’

      Edna hastened to reassure her. ‘Oh, no, ma’am, nothing of that kind. Gladdie’s not that kind of girl. It’s just that she’s upset. You see, she’s lost her place.’

      ‘Dear me, I am sorry to hear that. She was at Old Hall, wasn’t she, with the Miss – Misses – Skinner?’

      ‘Yes,

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