THE POLICE Inspector Robins, from Scotland Yard is at poor Mrs Sovin’s House THE VICTIM Mrs Sovin is dead Somebody has killed her, cutting her throat with a knife THE MONEY They have also stolen all her money and jewelry Mrs Sovin was very rich, but misery, very misery Somebody knew that Somebody knew where her money and jewels were That person has killed her, and stolen everything Mrs Sovin had been alone in the house all morning Only four people had keys to the house : THE SUSPECTS Joanna, the maid James, the gardener Stanley, the nephew Peter, the chauffeur THEIR ALIBI Joanna said she had gone to Sussex because of her aunt’s illness She took the nine o’clock train James, the gardener, had stayed in his house, because it was his free day Stanley, Mrs Sovin’s nephew had been to university because he had a lesson there Peter, the chauffeur, had gone to the theatre to buy some tickets for poor Mrs Sovin Explain how you think the murder happened, who did it and why Use past deduction with modal verbs Examples: He/she must have killed Mrs Sovin because… He/she could/might/can’t have killed her because…