The discovery of the body of Gladys is now made by Mrs Crump instead of Ellen. The character of the housemaid Ellen Curtis is also deleted.The revelations by Miss Ramsbottom about the Blackbird Mine now come from Crump while drunk and also from Lance. The character of Miss Ramsbottom is deleted.The episode is highly faithful to the plot of the original with only a few minor changes. (may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a long ago business deal that made his initial fortune. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered. He suddenly appears soon after his father's death claiming that they had reconciled and been invited by him to return to England with an offer to rejoin the firm. Another son, Lance, had a falling out with his father many years before and relocated to East Africa. His son Percival, a partner in the family firm, was a disappointment to him and a daughter, Elaine, hasn't amounted to much. He was married to a much younger wife, who now stands to inherit. When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned.
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