Jerusalem Inn Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part VI, End Game, and Part VII, Jerusalem Inn Summary

Part VI, End Game, and Part VII, Jerusalem Inn Summary

In chapter twenty-six, Grace Seaingham announces to everyone that Jury is coming to dinner and several, including Charles, object, saying that they've had enough of the police presence. Jury arrives and he and Grace talk at length over dinner about food, wines and places of interest. As the meal ends, several guests depart momentarily, including Fredrick Parmenger, Charles Seaingham and Lady St. Leger. As they all have their after-dinner drinks, Grace offers Tom some of her liquor and Lady St. Leger immediately interrupts, spilling Grace's drink. Jury mops it up with his handkerchief and Lady St. Leger asks to see him alone. In another room with Melrose present, she admits that she killed Beatrice Sleight and that she poisoned both Helen Minton and Grace. She says that she arranged a meeting with Helen staged to look like chance and befriended her, then poisoned her so she couldn't continue the search...
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