Rather, Roger Ackroyd is pleased by and encouraged the engagement. Poirot also reveals that Ackroyd has told him that Flora and Ralph Paton are indeed engaged, but it is not a secret. Sheppard does not believe Ackroyd would confide in a member of the lower class like a hairdresser. Sheppard initially believes that Poirot is a retired hairdresser, but reconsiders when Poirot reveals his friendship with Roger Ackroyd. Sheppard, meanwhile, admits to losing an inheritance a few years back after speculating poorly. Sheppard and “Porrot” (actually, the reader will later learn, Hercule Poirot) have a brief conversation during which Poirot explains that he has retired to King’s Abbott, but will not reveal his job. Sheppard goes outside to garden, and is disturbed by a flying squash that their neighbor (who he believes is named “Porrot”) has thrown from his garden. Caroline believes Ralph and Flora are secretly engaged.Ĭaroline and Sheppard also discuss their new neighbor, a mysterious man who Caroline could not find any information about, despite her numerous sources of gossip among the servants and tradespeople. Caroline speculates on what Ralph might have been doing in King’s Abbot without telling her uncle, and guesses that he might be there to see his stepcousin, Flora Ackroyd (Mrs. They discuss Ralph Paton and the fact that Roger Ackroyd did not know his stepson was back in town. Sheppard tells his sister that he will be dining with Roger Ackroyd that night, which she encourages, hoping that he’ll bring home more gossip.
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