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'''4.50 from Paddington''' ('''A Testemunha Ocular do Crime''', [[Brasil]] ou '''O Estranho Caso da Velha Curiosa''', [[Portugal]]) é um [[romance]] policial de [[Agatha Christie]], publicado na [[Inglaterra]] pela [[Collins Crime Club]] em [[4 de novembro]] de [[1957]],<ref name="CC">Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph e Sturgeon, Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club - A checklist of First Editions''. 2ª ed. Dragonby Press, 1999. 15p.</ref> e nos [[Estados Unidos]] pela [[Dodd, Mead and Company]] no mesmo mês, porém com o título ''What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!''.<ref name="Pike">Cooper, John; Pyke, B.A. ''Detective Fiction - the collector's guide''. 2ª ed. Scholar Press, 1994. 82-87p. ISBN 0-85967-991-8</ref><ref name="US">[http://home.insightbb.com/~jsmarcum/agatha53.htm American Tribute to Agatha Christie] (em inglês).</ref> Mais tarde, quando reeditado como [[livro de bolso]] pela [[Pocket Books]] em [[1963]], ganhou outro título, ''Murder, She Said'',<ref name="Pike" /> vinculando-o ao filme com o mesmo título. Esta obra de Agatha Christie é protagonizada pela detetive amadora [[Miss Marple]]. ▼
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| autor = [[Agatha Christie]]
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| editora = [[Collins Crime Club]]
| lançamento = [[4 de novembro]] de [[1957]]
| páginas = 256 (1ª edição, capa dura)
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| título_br = A Testemunha Ocular do Crime
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| título_pt = O Estranho Caso da Velha Curiosa ou<br>O Comboio das 16h50
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| precedido_por = [[The Burden]]
| seguido_por = [[Ordeal by Innocence]]
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▲'''4.50 from Paddington''' ('''A
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Elspeth McGillicuddy sai de sua [[Escócia]] natal para visitar Miss Jane Marple. Durante a viagem, ela vê uma mulher sendo estrangulada, no instante em que o [[trem]] no qual se encontrava diminui a velocidade e o da frente acelera. Somente Miss Marple acredita em sua história, uma vez que não parece haver qualquer evidência de transgressão ou delito
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▲Elspeth McGillicuddy sai de sua [[Escócia]] natal para visitar Miss Jane Marple. Durante a viagem, ela vê uma mulher sendo estrangulada, no instante em que o trem no qual se encontrava diminui a velocidade e o da frente acelera. Somente Miss Marple acredita em sua história, uma vez que não parece haver qualquer evidência de transgressão ou delito na mesma. Então, a primeiro passo a ser dado é descobrir onde o corpo poderia ter sido escondido, e comparando-se as pistas do assassinato com os horários do trem e a localidade em questão, chega-se a [[Crackenthorpe Hall]], única localidade possível para escondê-lo. Miss Marple pede ajuda a uma velha conhecida, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, uma [[wikt:governanta|governanta]] profissional, conhecida por seu eficiente e hábil poder de organização. Lucy concorda em aceitar um emprego em Crackenthorpe Hall e, neste momento, inicia-se a caçada ao assassino.
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<!--Rutherford Hall was built by Josiah Crackenthorpe, purveyor of [[tea biscuit]]s. His son Luther, now a semi-invalid widower, had displayed spendthrift qualities in his youth. To preserve the family fortune Josiah's will provided Luther with a home and income for life but otherwise left everything in trust for the grandchildren. They share equally in the estate but only if they live long enough to inherit it.▼
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Two of Luther Crackenthorpe's children, Edmund and Edith, died during [[World War II]]. The remaining heirs to the estate are Cedric, a painter and lover of women who lives on [[Ibiza]]; Harold, a cold and stuffy banker with a hidden passion for the ballet; Alfred, the black sheep of the family and a man known to engage in shady business dealings; and Emma Crackenthorpe, a spinster who lives at home and takes care of Luther. At the time of the story the brothers are visiting for Christmas as are Edith's surviving husband Brian Eastley and their son Alexander along with his friend, James Stoddart-West. A frequent visitor to Rutherford Hall is Dr John Quimper who looks after Luther's health and is quietly romantically involved with Emma.▼
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Lucy uses golf practice as an excuse to search the grounds. She eventually finds the woman's body hidden in a [[sarcophagus]] in the old stables amongst Luther's collection of dubious antiques. But who is she?▼
The police identify the victim's clothing as being of French manufacture. Emma reveals she has received a letter from a Frenchwoman named Martine who claims to have been married to Edmund just before his death in the war. The letter explains that Martine was pregnant when Edmund died and that she now wishes their son to have all of the advantages to which his parentage should entitle him. The police conclude that the body in the sarcophagus is Martine but this is struck down by James' mother Lady Stoddart-West - she claims she is Martine.▼
The plot thickens when Lucy's curry proves to be laced with arsenic. The whole family takes ill and Alfred dies. Sometime later after returning home to London Harold receives a delivery of some tablets that appear to be the same as the sleeping pills prescribed to him by Dr Quimper. They prove to be poisoned and Harold dies. One by one the heirs to Josiah's fortune are vanishing.▼
Lucy arranges another tea time visit to Crackenthorpe Hall for Miss Marple and Mrs McGillicuddy is invited down from Scotland. She is instructed to ask to use the lavatory as soon as they arrive but is not told why.▼
Miss Marple is eating a fish sandwich when she begins to choke. It seems she has a fish bone stuck in her throat. Dr Quimper moves to assist her. Mrs McGillicuddy enters the room, sees the doctor's hands at Miss Marple's throat, and cries out 'but that's him - that's the man on the train!' Miss Marple had deduced that the strange angle and poor lighting conditions on the train caused Mrs McGillicuddy to give an inaccurate description of the murderer's height and hair colour and correctly concluded her friend would recognise the real murderer if she saw him again in a similar pose.▼
It transpires that the murdered woman had been married to Dr Quimper many years earlier. He murdered her so he would be free to marry Emma and inherit Josiah's fortune once he got rid of all the other heirs.-->▼
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▲<!--Rutherford Hall was built by Josiah Crackenthorpe, purveyor of [[tea biscuit]]s. His son Luther, now a semi-invalid widower, had displayed spendthrift qualities in his youth. To preserve the family fortune Josiah's will provided Luther with a home and income for life but otherwise left everything in trust for the grandchildren. They share equally in the estate but only if they live long enough to inherit it.
▲Two of Luther Crackenthorpe's children, Edmund and Edith, died during [[World War II]]. The remaining heirs to the estate are Cedric, a painter and lover of women who lives on [[Ibiza]]; Harold, a cold and stuffy banker with a hidden passion for the ballet; Alfred, the black sheep of the family and a man known to engage in shady business dealings; and Emma Crackenthorpe, a spinster who lives at home and takes care of Luther. At the time of the story the brothers are visiting for Christmas as are Edith's surviving husband Brian Eastley and their son Alexander along with his friend, James Stoddart-West. A frequent visitor to Rutherford Hall is Dr John Quimper who looks after Luther's health and is quietly romantically involved with Emma.
▲Lucy uses golf practice as an excuse to search the grounds. She eventually finds the woman's body hidden in a [[sarcophagus]] in the old stables amongst Luther's collection of dubious antiques. But who is she?
▲The police identify the victim's clothing as being of French manufacture. Emma reveals she has received a letter from a Frenchwoman named Martine who claims to have been married to Edmund just before his death in the war. The letter explains that Martine was pregnant when Edmund died and that she now wishes their son to have all of the advantages to which his parentage should entitle him. The police conclude that the body in the sarcophagus is Martine but this is struck down by James' mother Lady Stoddart-West - she claims she is Martine.
▲The plot thickens when Lucy's curry proves to be laced with arsenic. The whole family takes ill and Alfred dies. Sometime later after returning home to London Harold receives a delivery of some tablets that appear to be the same as the sleeping pills prescribed to him by Dr Quimper. They prove to be poisoned and Harold dies. One by one the heirs to Josiah's fortune are vanishing.
▲Lucy arranges another tea time visit to Crackenthorpe Hall for Miss Marple and Mrs McGillicuddy is invited down from Scotland. She is instructed to ask to use the lavatory as soon as they arrive but is not told why.
▲Miss Marple is eating a fish sandwich when she begins to choke. It seems she has a fish bone stuck in her throat. Dr Quimper moves to assist her. Mrs McGillicuddy enters the room, sees the doctor's hands at Miss Marple's throat, and cries out 'but that's him - that's the man on the train!' Miss Marple had deduced that the strange angle and poor lighting conditions on the train caused Mrs McGillicuddy to give an inaccurate description of the murderer's height and hair colour and correctly concluded her friend would recognise the real murderer if she saw him again in a similar pose.
▲It transpires that the murdered woman had been married to Dr Quimper many years earlier. He murdered her so he would be free to marry Emma and inherit Josiah's fortune once he got rid of all the other heirs.-->
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