Notes from reading "No Survival" 40.

Day 40, Page 245 - Page 250, A Manuscript Document From The Murder 3.

Theme: Finale.

Summary of the previous article:

Immediately after this, what the judge had foreseen happened - in fact, this matter was proposed by the judge, who proposed a strict inspection of everyone. Inspections, including body and property searches. Everyone unanimously agreed to the proposal.

At this time, the pistol had been safely hidden by the judge, and the cyanide and sleeping pills he carried had been used up.

Therefore, the strict and thorough search did not find the missing pistol, and other than the medicines brought by the doctor, no other dangerous items were found.

So, where is the pistol? Let the judge tell us now.

The judge placed the pistol among a pile of cans in the storage room. He opened the bottom can of biscuits, stuck the pistol inside, and replaced the sticky tape.

No one would think of digging through this pile of canned food that appeared to be unsealed. Especially the cans above are all welded and sealed. This is entirely consistent with the judge's estimate.

The judge laid the missing red curtain under the cotton cover of a chair in the living room, hiding it tightly. The wool was hidden in a chair cushion, and he cut a small hole in the chair cushion. .

At this time, the judge revealed to the doctor that the plan discussed by the two people needed to be carried out as soon as possible.

"The plan was simple - I had to pretend to be the next victim. This would probably upset the killer, but anyway, as long as everyone thought I was dead, I would be able to move around the house and spy The unknown murderer" is what the judge told the doctor about the plan.

Doctors are very supportive of this plan. That night they took action.

The judge put a small piece of red plaster on his forehead - the red curtains and wool were ready, and the surroundings were also decorated.

Do you remember the power outage that night? Lombard wanted to turn the generator back on, but the judge said just light a candle. In this way, in the dim and flickering candlelight, it is more difficult for people to detect the judge's suspended animation.

Think about it, the candlelight is flickering, and the only person scrutinizing the judge will be the doctor.

Things went very smoothly. The female teacher discovered the water plants in her room. Of course, this was carefully arranged by the judge. She panicked and screamed, shaking the whole house.

Everyone rushes upstairs and the judge takes the opportunity to pretend to be a new victim.

By the way, the judge had put the pistol back in Lombard's room before he faked his death.

I guess that at that time, everyone else was in the female teacher's room, busy taking care of her.

Everyone’s reaction when they found out that the judge was “dead” was exactly what the judge wanted. The doctor performed it very expertly. They carried the judge upstairs and laid him on his bed.

No one could worry about the judge anymore. They were all scared to death, and they were full of suspicion and fear among themselves.

Late at night, the judge and the doctor met outside the villa. The judge led the doctor to a path on the edge of the cliff behind the villa.

The judge told the doctor that if anyone came over, they would be able to see them from this place, and since the bedrooms were all facing the other direction, no one in the house would notice them.

Up to this point, the doctor had no doubts - but he should have been alarmed, if only he could remember this line from the nursery rhyme:

"A red herring swallowed one. .. (A herring swallowed...) "He has swallowed the red bait.

Unfortunately, he didn't take this herring to heart at all.

It's so easy.

The judge screamed, leaned towards the edge of the cliff, and asked the doctor to see if there was a hole below. The doctor didn't doubt his presence and immediately leaned over. The judge immediately pushed him hard. The doctor lost his balance and fell into the rough sea.

Then the judge returned to the villa. At that time, the detective must have heard the footsteps of the judge. A few minutes later the judge entered the doctor's room and left the villa again. This time, he deliberately made some noise so that others could hear him.

We all know that it was the detective who heard the sound.

As soon as the judge walked down the stairs, he heard a door open (it was the detective's door). So the detective saw the judge's back as he walked out the front door.

The detective hesitated for a minute or two before following the judge. After leaving the house, the judge went around to the back of the house and returned to the room through a dining room window that had been opened beforehand. He closed the window and after a moment broke the glass, then he went upstairs and lay down on his bed again.

The judge had already planned that they would definitely search the house again, and he guessed that they would not check every body carefully. At most, they would pull the sheets to see if the body was The doctor turned around and left in disguise.

What happened next was exactly as the judge expected.

Now, the moment the judge has been waiting for has arrived. The remaining three were paranoid and terrified of each other, so anything could happen, especially since one of them had a pistol.

That morning, the female teacher, Lombard and the detective walked out of the villa, used the mirror to reflect the light on the island to ask for help from people outside, and were busy searching for the doctor. At noon, the detective was hungry and insisted on going back to the villa to find something to eat...

The judge observed them through the window. When the detective came back alone, the judge had already hung the marble. As a result, Detective Blore withdrew from the stage of life...

From the window, the judge saw the female teacher shot Lombard to death. She is such a bold and witty girl. The judge initially thought she would be slightly better against him.

As soon as this happened, the judge set the stage in her room.

This is an interesting psychological experiment. Realizing that she had committed a crime, that she had just shot a person, that her nerves were still in an extremely tense state, and the hypnotic effect of the environment, could these combined put her on the road to suicide? The judge thought it was possible.

As it turned out, the judge was right. He watched the female teacher Vera hang herself from the beam with his own eyes. At that time, he was standing in the shadow of the cupboard.

Now comes the final act. The judge came out, moved the chair, and placed it against the wall. He found the pistol the girl had thrown away at the top of the stairs. The judge carefully picked up the pistol, preserving her fingerprints on it.

What does the judge do now?

He was about to finish this article, seal it in a bottle, and then throw the bottle into the sea.

Why is this?

Originally, the judge was determined to create a mysterious murder that no one could explain. But the judge now understands that no artist can be satisfied with creating art alone. His desire to be recognized by the world for his art was insurmountable.

The judge must admit (even though he feels it is a bit embarrassing) that he also has this kind of nature, and he wants to let others know how clever he is in this matter... In short, the judge thinks that Soldier Island The secret will be unexplainable.

So how can others discover his genius layout? Isn’t this all in vain? That's why he wrote this confession, explaining everything and letting the truth be revealed to the world.

Of course, the police may be smarter than we think. After all, there are three clues to be found.

First, the police knew full well that Edward Seton was guilty. Therefore, they also knew that among the ten people on the island, one of them was not the murderer in any sense. According to the reverse inference, this person could be presumed to be the murderer. The executioner who executed nine other people.

The second clue is hidden in the fourteenth sentence of the nursery rhyme. The doctor's death was related to the bait "herring". He took the bait. It can also be said that he was swallowed alive by the herring.

That is to say, at this point, the doctor was successfully tricked (hocus-pocus occurred), leading to his death.

The doctor was fooled and died. This incident may become an important clue to solve this mystery. Because there were only four people left on the island at that time, the judge was the only one among the four who might be trusted by the doctor.

Third clue: The judge said: "The manner of my death is peculiarly symbolic. I left a red mark on my forehead, which is the sign of Cain."

At the end of the confession, the judge wrote:

"Finally, there is one more thing that needs to be explained.

After throwing the bottle and this document into the sea, I will return Go to my room and lie on my bed.

My glasses are tied with what looks like a thin black string but is actually a rubber band. , put the rubber band through the door handle and tie it not too tightly

Next, I wrap my hand in a handkerchief and I pull the trigger. The hand will fall back to my side, the pistol will be pulled by the rubber band and bounce back to the door, get caught in the door handle, and will fall from the rubber band.

The rubber band will shrink. Come back, my glasses hanging from my body will not attract suspicion, nor will a handkerchief dropped on the floor attract attention. According to the records of the victims' companions, he was lying on the bed with a bullet through his forehead. The time of death cannot be determined accurately during the autopsy.

When the sea is calm, there will be people driving. The ship comes from the mainland. They will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved mystery

Signed by Lawrence Wargrave"

The. End

At this point, the story of "No One Survived" is complete.

We have to admire grandma’s clever layout. It was not until the last moment, after reading the judge’s confession, that we suddenly realized that this was the case.

This retired judge has also become the most famous killer in the history of detective novels: smart, cold-blooded, crazy, contradictory, extremely controlling, jealous of evil, and willing to "do justice for heaven" at the risk of his own life. , to safeguard the "justice" in our hearts. His grasp of human hearts and human nature was so precise, and under his purposeful guidance, everything happened as he expected.

Just imagine, if the judge did not write a confession and if the drift bottle was not discovered by the fishermen, would this murder case go unsolved? Will we never know the truth?

(Note: For the summary of the previous article, please see the updated article: "Who's next?")

English tips:

1. The meaning of hocus-pocus It was being teased, doing tricks. This phrase comes from the 17th century, when it was mostly a spell used by magicians and sorcerers when performing tricks. When magicians first invented the word, they thought that the foreign-language pronunciation could trick the audience into thinking that mysterious powers were at work.

Nowadays, the word is more commonly used colloquially by comedy magicians. It can also be used alone to express teasing.

The hocus-pocus in the article means that the doctor was successfully tricked.

2. red herring - refers to herring, also called red herring.

3. The third is symbolical. The manner of my death marking me on the forehead. The brand of Cain.

This sentence means: The third clue: me The special symbol of the way of death. I left a red mark on my forehead, which is the sign of Cain.

Brand often means "brand" when used as a noun. In this sentence, it means "brand". The English meaning is a mark made with a piece of hot metal, especially on farm animals to show who owns them. Mainly used to brand livestock to identify their owners.

But the brand in the text refers to the mark on Cain’s forehead.

Cain is translated as Cain, the kinkiller in the Christian religious literature "The Bible" and the ancestor of all the evil people in the world. Among the first two sons born to human ancestors Adam and Eve, Cain was the elder brother. The Bible Genesis records that Cain was punished by God after he killed his brother Abel because he hated his actions. His father Adam put a red mark on Cain's forehead. And the name Cain means "to get".

So, the third clue is that the judge stated that even though he thought he was doing justice for God, at the same time, he knew from beginning to end that he was also an evildoer, so He put the mark of Cain on his forehead.

——The above little knowledge comes from "Mint Reading".