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    The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: A Short Story
    The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: A Short Story
    The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: A Short Story
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    The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: A Short Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories.

    When Sir Arthur Carmichael, the young and healthy heir to a large estate, starts behaving strangely, psychiatrist Edward Carstairs is summoned to assess the situation. Sir Arthur appears to be behaving like a cat—only days after his mother killed a grey Persian!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 17, 2013
    ISBN9780062300898
    The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: A Short Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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      The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael - Agatha Christie

      Contents

      The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael

      About the Author

      The Agatha Christie Collection

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      THE STRANGE CASE OF SIR ARTHUR CARMICHAEL

      (Taken from the notes of the late Dr. Edward Carstairs, M.D., the eminent psychologist.)

      I am perfectly aware that there are two distinct ways of looking at the strange and tragic events which I have set down here. My own opinion has never wavered. I have been persuaded to write the story out in full, and indeed I believe it to be due to science that such strange and inexplicable facts should not be buried in oblivion.

      It was a wire from my friend, Dr. Settle, that first introduced me to the matter. Beyond mentioning the name Carmichael, the wire was not explicit, but in obedience to it I took the 12:20 train from Paddington to Wolden, in Hertfordshire.

      The name of Carmichael was not unfamiliar to me. I had been slightly acquainted with the late Sir William Carmichael of Wolden, though I had seen nothing of him for the last eleven years. He had, I knew, one son, the present baronet, who must now be a young man of about twenty-three. I remembered vaguely having heard some rumours about Sir William’s second marriage, but could recall nothing definite unless it were a vague impression detrimental to the second Lady Carmichael.

      Settle met me at the station.

      Good of you to come, he said as he wrung my hand.

      Not at all. I understand this is something in my line?

      Very much so.

      A mental case, then? I hazarded. Possessing some unusual features?

      We had collected my luggage by this time and were seated in a dogcart driving away from the station in the direction of Wolden, which lay about three miles away. Settle did not answer for a minute or two. Then he burst out suddenly.

      "The whole thing’s incomprehensible! Here is a young man, twenty-three years of age, thoroughly normal in every respect. A pleasant amiable boy, with no more than his fair share of conceit, not brilliant

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