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II
Miss Marple set about her plan of campaign methodically and making due
allowance for the Christmas season which was a definitely retarding
factor.
She wrote to her great- nephew, David West, combining Christmas
wishes with an urgent request for information.
Fortunately she was invited, as on previous years, to the vicarage for
Christmas dinner, and here she was able to tackle young Leonard, home
for the Christmas season, about maps.
Maps of all kinds were Leonard’s passion. The reason for the old lady’s
inquiry about a large-scale map of a particular area did not rouse his curi-
osity. He discoursed on maps generally with fluency, and wrote down for
her exactly what would suit her purpose best. In fact, he did better. He ac-
tually found that he had such a map amongst his collection and he lent it
to her, Miss Marple promising to take great care of it and return it in due
course.
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