A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Veiled Lady by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Irish brides, Chinese boxes, Dutch murders... this mini-thriller masquerading as a Poirot short story has it all! Except for clues. But what it is lacking in clues it makes up for in FUN, particularly in the Suchet adaptation.... Woe to those who find themselves in a cell block next to "Mad Dog" Poirot. It's only a matter of time before he figures out how to make a shiv out of that mustache comb.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and drinking every single mystery novel written by The Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie. I'm Kemper Donovan. I'm Catherine Broback.
0:15.7	And this week we are discussing The Vailed Lady, a Poirot short story first published
0:21.1	October 3rd, 23 in the sketch.
0:24.0	And let's get right into the victim of our story,
0:28.0	the alleged victim of our story.
0:31.0	Spoiler.
0:32.0	Lady Millicent Castle Vaughn, the fifth daughter of an impocunious Irish peer about to marry the very
0:40.5	wealthy, if a bit particular particular Duke of Southshire.
0:44.4	She is a victim because she's being blackmailed by one Mr. Lavington to the tune of 20,000 pounds
0:52.2	for an indiscreet letter that she wrote to a young
0:57.0	lover when she was younger and less discreet herself. We've all been there, you know, except nowadays it's not a it's not a letter,
1:04.8	it's a YouTube video that is impossible to scrub away from any number of emails that perhaps you decided to B. C. C. C.
1:13.6	other people on.
1:15.2	Or reply all.
1:16.2	Oh.
1:17.2	That would be kind of if you were gonna do like an updated Poirot would be like
1:21.2	Mr Poirot, you have to help me. I accidentally replied all and now everyone hates me.
1:25.3	And he'd be like, yeah, I can't help you.
1:26.8	Nothing to be done, my friend.
1:29.1	Pick a new name, go into hiding, and whatever you do do do not reply all to say stop replying all.
1:37.0	Very quickly because this story hangs on things not being as they appear to be. The suspect here is the
1:45.1	aforementioned Mr. Lavington who is a con man and a blackmailer and the person that
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