 She had a close relationship with Sir Roger and her death has greatly affected him.They further discuss the impending announcement of the engagement between Flora and Sir Roger's stepson, Ralph Paton and the difference that this marriage will make.A young woman who is a neighbour, Caryl Sheppard, arrives to play bridge and Flora teases her over her fascination for a recent arrival in the village – a foreigner who Caryl thinks is called M. Porrott, but Flora reveals that her uncle has told her that he in fact is M. Hercule Poirot, the famous French detective.