Tracing the Murder Timeline

Poirot carefully reconstructs the timeline of Roger Ackroyd’s murder, tracing Ralph Paton’s movements from the lodge to the study window. Footprints, rubber-studded shoes, and wet gravel confirm the path. Poirot investigates the silver table, the drawing-room window, and a small summer-house, discovering a fragment of handkerchief and a quill, gathering subtle evidence overlooked by others.