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4.50 from Paddington English Readers 4.50 From Paddington Summaries Part 1: Chapters 1–7 Wimbourne explains that Martine and Edmund’s son, When Mrs McGillicuddy takes the 4.50 train from Paddington and not Cedric, would inherit Rutherford Hall. to visit her friend Miss Marple, she sees a man strangling a woman on another train running parallel to hers. She doesn’t Part 3: Chapters 15–20 see the man’s face, but he is dark-haired and wearing a heavy coat. Alfred and Harold have money problems. Craddock The strangled woman is wearing a fur coat. The police don’t interviews them both and they explain what they were th find any trace of a murdered woman thrown out of a train. doing on Friday 20 December. On Christmas Day The following day, after tea in London, Miss Marple and Mr Crackenthorpe had been ill and Dr Quimper looked Mrs McGillicuddy travel back on the same 4.50 train from after him. Sergeant Wetherall recognizes Alfred as being a Paddington. Miss Marple notices a long curve by a large member of a criminal gang. country house on the track just before Brackhampton. Miss Marple speaks about the strong possibility of Mean, old Luther Crackenthorpe and his daughter, Emma, Dr Quimper and Emma marrying. Craddock speaks to live in this house, Rutherford Hall. Miss Marple suspects that the Quimper about Mr Crackenthorpe being poisoned at body is hidden there. She asks Lucy Eyelesbarrow, a ‘professional Christmas, which explains why he was ill. Quimper thinks at housework,’ to work there undercover and investigate. it was arsenic. Alexander Eastley, Crackenthorpe’s only grandson, and his Alexander finds the envelope addressed to Martine that friend James Stoddart-West come to stay, and with Lucy they Emma had sent. Craddock continues his investigations th find a woman’s body hidden in a sarcophagus. and Cedric admits he’d been drinking on 20 December. Nobody, including the family’s doctor Dr Quimper, Alfred came to Rutherford Hall that day and Harold was recognizes the woman. Inspector Bacon thinks the in London. The police think Harold might have taken the dead woman may be foreign. Cedric, Harold, Albert – train to Brackhampton during the afternoon and then Crackenthorpe’s sons – and his son-in-law, Bryan Eastley, all returned to London. attend the woman’s inquest. Mr Crackenthorpe demands curry for dinner, then at 3 am Quimper is called as the family all have food poisoning. Part 2: Chapters 8–14 Police find arsenic in the left-over curry. Alfred dies. Detective Inspector Craddock learns from Wimbourne, the family lawyer, that Luther Crackenthorpe’s father made his Part 4: Chapters 21–27 fortune producing biscuits. A will states that Crackenthorpe James’s mother, Lady Stoddart-West, visits Emma; she is mustn’t sell the house; it will be given to his eldest son surprised about Martine’s letter. She confirms that she is in (Cedric). The capital from the fortune will be divided equally fact Martine. She had married Edmund and after his death between his four children and grandson. came to England with her present husband. She did not Craddock talks to the family. He thinks the woman may send the letter. have been French and a dancer in Paris. Quimper sends Harold some pills to take, presumably for Emma confides to Cedric that the murdered woman might the food poisoning. Craddock tells Miss Marple Harold has be Martine, their dead brother’s widow. Martine had sent died, Quimper apparently knew nothing about the pills. The them a letter before Christmas saying she was in England and pills were in Emma’s pill box which has her fingerprints on wanted to meet the family. Emma invited her but then she it. Miss Marple reminds Craddock that Alexander found received a message from Martine saying she had to return to the envelope after the police search, perhaps intentionally France. Dr Quimper advises Emma to tell this to the police. dropped by the murderer. Lucy thinks Bryan could be the Mr Crackenthorpe shows Lucy his hidden money and suggests murderer; he knew Martine during the war. she should marry him as he’ll live longer than his children. Miss Marple asks Mrs McGillicuddy to come and they go Emma explains to Craddock about Martine. Not all the for tea at Rutherford Hall. Miss Marple starts choking on a family thinks the letter is genuine. Martine’s son would be an fish bone; Quimper puts his hands on her neck and looks down heir to the fortune. Miss Marple has tea at the hall and notices her throat. Coming into the room Mrs McGillicuddy sees this Emma and Quimper seem attracted to each other. Alfred and instantly recognizes Quimper as the man on the train. offers Lucy a job, and marriage. Harold also offers Lucy a job The murdered woman was Quimper’s wife; they were in London. separated, but she wouldn’t divorce. He wanted to marry Craddock continues his investigations in Paris. The missing Emma and get the money. He wrote the letter to try and dancer, Anna, isn’t the murdered woman, but he believes she implicate the family and then he started poisoning the could have known Martine and written the letter. brothers. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012. This page is photocopiable. 1 English Readers 4.50 From Paddington Classroom Activities Part 1 (Chapters 1–7) 5 I’ve been successful in my job for 10 years. I enjoy a Before reading challenge and I never work in the same place for more than 4 weeks. (Lucy) 1 Speaking 6 My wife died and my son is Mr Crackenthorpe’s only Read part of the blurb from the back cover of the book grandchild. (Bryan) to the students. ‘A woman is murdered on a train. When Miss Marple telephones her friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow and asks her to go 4 Writing undercover to investigate, Lucy quickly accepts the challenge! Who is In exercise 3 above the class made a list of the story’s the dead woman? What was the motive for her murder?’ characters. Refer to this list on the board/paper and Tell the students this is a simple description of the story they are explain that you and the class are going to add information going to read. Ask them: Do you know who the author is? What do about these characters. you think is going to happen in the story? Have you read any stories Have the students, in pairs, choose one or two characters. Ask by Agatha Christie? What do you know about Agatha Christie? etc. them to make an ID card, giving them the following example: 2 Speaking Name: Mr Crackenthorpe Write the title 4.50 From Paddington on the board. Ask Age: 72 students what they think it refers to. Explain that Paddington Described as being: a little difficult, mean is a London train station and that train travel is important in Physical description: big, thin, thick grey hair the story. Likes: money, collecting statues The story takes place in the 1950s. In groups, get the students Dislikes: spending money, waste to make a list of the differences between modern train travel Other information: inherited a fortune and a large house and travelling by train in the 1950s. You can give some ideas: from his rich father Travelling by train in Travelling by train today Students present their character(s) to the class and keep the the 1950s cards or stick them on the classroom wall if possible. Tell More people travelled There are more cars on the road students that as they read each part of the book they will by train than by car. today; perhaps the train is used less. add more key information to each ID card. This will help You could travel first, Most passengers travel second class. the students in case they get the Crackenthorpe family second or third class. There is no third class. members mixed up. Then ask the students to read the Cultural notes on page 105 5 Writing of the book. They can compare their ideas. Ask students what they imagine Rutherford Hall to be like. After reading Remind them that Agatha Christie describes it as having ‘broken’ steps and ‘weeds’ (pages 14–15), and being ‘dark’ (page 15), and 3 Comprehension ‘an island surrounded by railway lines’ (page 20). Tell students Ask the students the names of the characters from Part 1. they have recently visited Emma and Mr Crackenthorpe and Write the names on the board or a large piece of paper. Tell now they are writing a postcard about this visit to a friend. students you are going to play ‘Who’s who?’, that is, you’ll Get them to include a description of the Hall. read a description of six characters and the students write down who they are. 6 Speaking As a class, discuss the following: Descriptions: Mr Crackenthorpe says he isn’t rich and he doesn’t like 1 I’m an old man, aged 72. I hate waste. I enjoyed waste. Ask students: What do you think? Is he mean or is he just collecting ancient statues when I was younger. being careful with money because of all the difficulties after the war? (Mr Crackenthorpe) Lucy Eyelesbarrow has a First in Mathematics from Oxford 2 Some people see me as a fragile old lady, but I have a University but prefers to be a ‘professional at housework’ very sharp mind. (Miss Marple) rather than a scholar. Ask students: Why does she choose to do 3 My hobby is painting.
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