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CHAPTER 12 & 13

26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime? Emily Brent died of a syringe to the neck, and the reason the Dr. is so heavily suspected is because he was the only one who brought a syringe to the island.

27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing? The hypodermic syringe used to kill Emily Brent is not where he claims it to be...

28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also disappears? Mr. Lombard's revolver ends up disappearing from his possession.

29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.” Explain this behavior, and provide several examples of it by referring to the text of the novel. This is basically saying that they're all starting to act less and less proper and more violent and crazy. Like a wary old tortoise, Mr. Justice Wargrave sat hunched up, his body motionless, his eyes keen and alert. Blore looked coarser and clumsier in build. His walk was that of a slow, padding animal.. His eyes were bloodshot. There was a look of mingled ferocity and stupidity about him. He was like a beast at bay ready to charge its pursuers. Philip Lombard's senses seemed heightened, rather than diminished. His ears reacted to the slightest sound. His step was lighter and quicker, his body was lithe and graceful. And he smiled often, his lips curling back from his long, white teeth.

30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this horrific situation? Explain why or why not. Yes, I would say it's similar because I would probably be quite scared and wouldn't know how to react accordingly.

31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of grey wool and a red shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these items reappear? They reappear at the seen where Justice Wargrave dies. The judge was robed in the scarlet curtain and had a wig on that came from the grey wool.

32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!” Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this “outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.” I think Edward Seton was one of the men that Justice Wargrave had sent to death possibly. As well as the reason everyone was so shocked at Philip's outburst was because he was acting somewhat crazy.