Chapter 14: Mrs. Ackroyd

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠After the evening talk I have just chronicled, the affair seemed to me to enter on a different phase. The whole thing can be divided into two parts, each clear and distinct from the other. Part I. ranges from Ackroyd’s death on the Friday evening to the following Monday night. It is the straight-forward narrative of what occurred, as presented to Hercule Poirot. I was at Poirot’s elbow the whole t