Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
"Publicity，"suggested Clarke. "Surely an inferiority complex covers that，"added Thora Grey. "That was，of course，the obvious line to take.But why me?Why HerculePoirot?Greater publicity could be ensured by sending the letters to ScotlandYard.More again by sending them to a newspaper.A newspaper might not printthe first letter，but by the time the second crime took place，A B C couldhave been assured of all the publicity the press could give.Why，then，Hercule Poirot?Was it for some personal reason?There was，discernible in theletter，a slight anti-foreigh bias-but not enough to explain the matter tomy satisfaction.
Marc Chagall Painting
"Then the second letter arrived-and was followed by the murder of BettyBarnard at Bexhill.It became clear now (what I had already suspected)thatthe murders were to proceed on an alphabetical plan，but the fact，whichseemed final to most people，left the main question unaltered to my mind. Why did A B C need to commit these murders?" Megan Barnard stirred in her chair. "Isn't there such thing as-as a blood lust?"she said. Poirot turned to her.
Marc Chagall Painting