And Then There Were None
Important Quotations Explained
1. There
was a silence—a comfortable replete silence. Into that silence came
The Voice. Without warning, inhuman, penetrating . . . “Ladies and
gentlemen! Silence, please! . . . You are charged with the following
indictments.”
3. Do
they keep bees on this island? . . . It’s sane enough what I’m asking.
Bees, hives, bees! . . . Six little Indian boys playing with a hive.
4. Dr.
Armstrong . . . raised the wig. It fell to the floor, revealing the
high bald forehead with, in the very middle, a round stained mark
from which something had trickled . . . Dr. Armstrong . . . said—and
his voice was expressionless, dead, far away: “He’s been shot.”
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