Actually, George acted and dressed like his uncle but what he failed in is ordering the food that his uncle never ate. He first killed Henry and then impersonated him so that he was thought to have been eating in the restaurant and George would have an alibi. First, Anthony had to die and then Henry, so he orchestrated everything. He knew that Anthony Gascoigne would die soon and leave everything to Henry. Poirot goes to see George Lorrimer, and he accuses him of murdering his uncle. The housekeeper says that Anthony was quite well off because of his wife, and in his will he left everything to his wife, and if she predeceased, it would go to his brother. Four and Twenty Blackbirds is the fourth episode of series 1 of the ITV British television drama series Agatha Christies Poirot featuring David Suchet as. When Poirot goes to talk to Anthony’s housekeeper, the woman says that Anthony had been ill for some time, and it was true that George Lorrimer had been to see him but Anthony was not interested. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds. Poirot learns that the letter is from his nephew, saying that he had tried to get Anthony to let him see him but he was not interested. The interesting thing is that the brother had died the same day Henry had died.

The only relatives the man had was a nephew, George Lorrimer, and a twin brother, Anthony, who he had fallen out with years ago. He had died two hours after eating in the restaurant he usually ate, and a letter was found in his pocket. When Poirot goes to the doctor who examined the body, he says that Gascoigne died because he fell down the stairs. He finds out that the man’s name is Henry Gascoigne and died the week before. Poirot is curious and his curiosity increases when he learns that the man has stopped going to the restaurant. Molly, the waitress, confirms Henry’s words, and she says that they were surprised when the man turned up on Monday and ordered something which he never ate, blackberry pie. Poirot is having dinner with his friend Henry Bonnington in a restaurant, and Henry points at a man who he says comes to the restaurant every Tuesday and Thursday, but the staff don’t know a thing about him, not even his name.

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