{"id":24735,"date":"2025-07-18T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24735"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:06:23","slug":"at-bertrams-hotel-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24735","title":{"rendered":"At Bertram’s Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Bertram’s Hotel<\/em> (1965) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Miss Marple, #11)<\/p>\n

\"At<\/p>\n

We actually have two quite different sets of bedrooms. The English we put in one lot, the Americans in the other. The rooms all look alike, but they are full of actual differences\u2014electric razors, and showers as well as tubs in some of the bathrooms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOne wonders if she is happy,\u201d said Miss Marple. Lady Selina, who had clearly never wondered anything of the kind, looked rather startled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAll this telephoning will cost a fearful lot of money,\u201d said Mrs. McCrae. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid so.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Canon Pennyfather, Bess Sedgwick, Elvira Blake, Michael Gorman, Colonel Luscombe, Ladislaus Malinowski, Miss Marple, Mr. Robinson, Richard Egerton, Chief Inspector Fred Davy, Lord Coniston, Inspector Campbell, Mr. Humphries, Miss Gorringe, Henry<\/p>\n

Publisher: William Morrow<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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