What did Vera Claythorne fear?

What did Vera Claythorne fear?

When something touches her throat, between guilt and the fear of a murderer, she can’t help but believe at that moment that the drowned Cyril has come for revenge.

What is the mystery surrounding Vera’s death?

When they arrived, the police found the chair Vera kicked away to hang herself mysteriously set upright against the wall. We learn that Isaac Morris, who hired Lombard and Blore and bought the island in the name of U. N. Owen, died of an apparent sleeping-pill overdose the night the guests arrived on the island.

What is Vera’s first impression of the island?

Terms in this set (129) What is Vera’s first impression when she sees Soldier Island? It is very far out and there is something sinister about it.

Who did Vera Love?

She is very practical and careful, but she is also a romantic. She fell in love with a man named Hugo while she was employed as a nanny for a young boy, Cyril Hamilton. Cyril’s birth took away Hugo’s chance at an inheritance and Hugo told Vera at one point that he would marry her if he still had money.

Who was Vera in love with?

She fell in love with a man named Hugo while she was employed as a nanny for a young boy, Cyril Hamilton. Cyril’s birth took away Hugo’s chance at an inheritance and Hugo told Vera at one point that he would marry her if he still had money. Vera therefore allowed Cyril to swim out into the ocean too far and drown.

What happened to Cyril the child that Vera was in charge of?

In Vera’s case, she was accused of murdering a young boy, that she was in charge of, by encouraging him to swim farther into the ocean than he could have, and allowing him to drown.

What makes the absolutely certain that Vera Claythorne had not committed murders?

What makes the inspector absolutely certain Vera Claythorne had not committed the murders? She was not strong enough to have killed the men on the island. Although she had hanged herself, the chair she had used was back by the wall. It is the theme of a murder mystery party and no one is actually dead.

Why is Vera on Soldier Island?

She is a very conservative, religious woman who holds most of the world in contempt. She has been invited to Indian Island for a holiday by someone who claims to have once shared a guesthouse with her.

Who does Vera think is waiting for her?

He has been in tough spots before. Vera thinks that she could just stay in her room for a day or two until someone comes to get her. But she realizes that if she stays here all alone she will just think of Hugo and Cyril.

Why does Vera stand in her room and smell the sea?

The combination of the recorded accusation and Vera’s own conscience put the drowning of her charge at St. Tredennick increasingly in Vera’s mind. Now she stands in her room, alone, and she smells the sea.

How does Vera feel when she sees the three statues?

Vera feels an enormous wave of relief and severe exhaustion. She heads back to the house to get some sleep before help arrives. As she enters the house, she sees the three statues on the table.

How does Vera feel about being the only one on the island?

To sleep safely since she was alone on the island. One little soldier boy left all alone. Vera believes that she managed to outsmart the murderer who killed everyone else. At first, she experiences a sense of unreality as the only one left. However, fatigue quickly overtakes her relief at surviving.

What do Lombard and Vera find on the beach?

Thinking that Armstrong must be inside the house somewhere, the two go to wait for help. On their way to the cliffs, they see something on the beach below. They climb down to look and there find Armstrong’s body. Vera and Lombard, dazed, stand over Armstrong’s body. Vera looks at Lombard and sees his wolflike face and sharp teeth.