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The Ponson Case · Chapter

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This chapter presents a ground plan of a boathouse on the River Cranshaw, with two sets of footprint tracks, and a fragment of an envelope showing a postmark and partial words.

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This chapter presents a ground plan of a boathouse on the River Cranshaw, with two sets of footprint tracks, and a fragment of an envelope showing a postmark and partial words.

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SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Inspector Tanner’s arrival at the vicarage and his direct confrontation with the vicar mark the emotional and…

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