Owen which, as Wargrave points out, spells out Unknown. They realize that they have all been invited to the island under false pretenses by someone with the name U. Justice Wargrave, a retired judge, begins an impromptu court session – asking everyone to explain his or her accusation.

The voice has come from a gramophone hidden in the next room. Rogers faints and is taken upstairs by her husband and the doctor. All of a sudden a loud voice takes over the room, accusing each guest, one at a time, of murder. After a pleasant dinner, the guests all gather in the parlor for drinks. The guests go up to their rooms and notice that there is a nursery rhyme hung in each, “Ten Little Soldiers.” In each verse another Little Soldier dies in some strange way. Rogers, tell the guests that dinner is almost ready. At the island the host is not there but two servants, Mr. They are taken by boat to the island by a local named Fred Narracott. Blore, who are all also headed to Soldier Island. Armstrong, the reckless Anthony Marston, and the lying Mr. The narrative shifts among a variety of other characters, the mysterious Philip Lombard, the rigid spinster Miss Emily Brent, the retired General Macarthur, the successful Dr. The scene quickly changes to another woman on the train, Vera Claythorne who is similarly curious about this island. He remembers a story of a millionaire who lived there, but has heard that the Island was recently bought by a man named Mr. Riding on a train through England, Justice Wargrave begins thinking about where he is going: Soldier Island.

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