![]() ![]() On the morning of the murder, Miss Brewster goes for a morning dip before breakfast, and someone throws a bottle from one of the hotel windows, narrowly missing her. ![]() She also experiences giddiness when crossing a narrow plank bridge over a river. Miss Brewster is afraid of heights, and states that she would not be able to go down the ladder to Pixy Cove. In the hotel register, Miss Brewster's address is given as Southgates, Sunbury-on-Thames. Poirot also thinks that she has a good heart. ![]() He says that she rows boats and has a handicap of four at golf. According to Poirot, she has a voice like a man's. When talking to Mrs Gardener, who provides "a ceaseless flow of conversation", Miss Brewster makes "gruff comments". Miss Brewster is described as being a "tough athletic woman with grizzled hair and a pleasant weather-beaten face". Emily Brewster therefore held a resentment toward Arlena on behalf of the Erskine Family. Sir Robert had died and left Arlena Stuart most of his fortune, disinheriting his relatives. Patrick Redfern joined her in her boat and they rowed to Pixy Cove where they discovered the body of Arlena Marshall.Ī first cousin of Emily Brewster was married to a relation of Sir Robert Erskine, which give her some personal connection to the Arlena Marshall. As part of an exercise routine, she went rowing every morning. In the novel Evil Under the Sun, Emily Brewster is an athletic spinster staying at the Jolly Roger Hotel. ![]()
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