Went awry when Des and the sister heard the famous Poirot was attending. Mr. So, it was supposed to be aĬhristmas dinner at Sarah's grandparents and then the elopement. It all Having noble Sarah present was added security. Leverage to do these things as no one wanted anything in the papers and

He was aware that the fear of scandal gave him great The ruby out of the country by way of getting Sarah to elope with him in his SheĪlso was the one to procure the ruby from the prince. Des was a charmingīlackmailer and preyed upon wealthy women. Des had the girl assume the role of his sister – a plan they both hatched.Īpparently, they were to fence the jewel in Paris. Her family, the Laceys, and it was surmised that he was bringing the ruby with Sarah was inviting Des to spend Christmas with She wasĪssociated with the unsavory “Des,” now Sarah’s young man. The possession of the woman with whom the prince had a dalliance. In the novella with spoilers - The ruby was in It was a great plan and fell apart because the Christmas Day pudding was destroyed. I believe they intended to take the whole New Years pudding with them when they snuck away, or sneak down in the middle of the night and smash it to get the ruby out, then take off.

That was done to hide it when it was announced that Poirot, a detective was there. The only one I can answer is putting the ruby into the pudding. Did Agatha Christie intend for that undertone to be implied?

There seems to be a strong political undertone to the story in the TV version, but this isn't present in the original story.

Why did they put the ruby in the Christmas pudding? Seems like a terrible place to hide something, especially if everyone in the family has a chance to get a hold of it (even if was served at New Years like they intended).

Are we supposed to believe that the granddaughter was hanging around with a jewel thief for a long time? Was Desmond already involved with her when he had the ruby stolen?.

Why did the thieves even stick around Kings Lacey once they had the jewel? In the TV version of this story, they mention it's because they ran into problems with the airplane, but that isn't in the story.

How did they know the ruby was at Kings Lacey? If they knew it was there, why did they ask Poirot to get involved? Why couldn't the prince just show up with his hired hands and get it back?.

First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest, but what can link these baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!įeast yourself on these intriguing crime mysteries from the distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.The plot of this short story doesn't make sense to me and I have a few questions about it.

The adventure of the christmas pudding