Anlage 1: The Exposition
Setting (place and time)
- contemporary London: Ian’s house in Chelsea
- Brompton cemetry, London
Situation
- Police report the death of Ian Rider in a car accident to his nephew Alex.
- Alex doesn’t believe in the alleged car accident: “’The police said he wasn’t wearing his seat belt.’ […] ‘Doesn’t that seem strange to you? […] He always wore his seat belt’.” (p. 5)
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Ian’s funeral at Brompton cemetery – the mystery deepens
→ There is obvious evidence that Ian didn’t work as a banker: “Ian Rider had gone and so had everything else […] Whatever the truth was about his uncle’s past, someone had just wiped it out.” (p. 12)
Characters
Atmosphere
mysterious/suspicious
| → | “When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.” (p. 1, first sentence of the novel) | |
| → | “Doesn’t that seem strange to you? You know how careful he was…” (p. 5, Alex to Jack about Ian’s alleged car accident) | |
| → | “…that made his [Alex] skin crawl.” (p. 8, Alex’s first meeting with Mr. Blunt) | |
| → | “… a good man, a patriotic man…” (p. 9, graveside address) | |
| → | “Why should bank managers carry guns?” (p. 11, Mr. Blunt’s company at the funeral) |
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