{"id":2447,"date":"2026-01-03T22:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-harlequin-tea-set-and-other-stories-christie-agatha\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:30:14","slug":"the-harlequin-tea-set-and-other-stories-christie-agatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-harlequin-tea-set-and-other-stories-christie-agatha\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories – Christie, Agatha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe Edge\u201d was first published in Pearson\u2019s Magazine,<\/span> February 1927.<\/p>\n

C<\/span>lare Halliwell walked down the short path that led from her cottage door to the gate. On her arm was a basket, and in the basket was a bottle of soup, some homemade jelly and a few grapes. There were not many poor people in the small village of Daymer\u2019s End, but such as there were were assiduously looked after, and Clare was one of the most efficient of the parish workers.<\/p>\n

Clare Halliwell was thirty-two. She had an upright carriage, a healthy colour and nice brown eyes. She was not beautiful, but she looked fresh and pleasant and very English. Everybody liked her, and said she was a good sort. Since her mother\u2019s death, two years ago, she had lived alone in the cottage with her dog, Rover. She kept poultry and was fond of animals and of a healthy outdoor life.<\/p>\n

As she unlatched the gate, a two-seater car swept past, and the driver, a girl in a red hat, waved a greeting. Clare responded, but for a moment her lips tightened. She felt that pang at her heart which always came when she saw Vivien Lee. Gerald\u2019s wife!<\/p>\n

Medenham Grange, which lay just a mile outside the village, had belonged to the Lees for many generations. Sir Gerald Lee, the present owner of the Grange, was a man old for his years and considered by many stiff in manner. His pomposity really covered a good deal of shyness. He and Clare had played together as children. Later they had been friends, and a closer and dearer tie had been confidently expected by many\u2014including, it may be said, Clare herself. There was no hurry, of course\u2014but some day .\u00a0.\u00a0. She left it so in her own mind. Some day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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