Ok...ok...ok! At first, a great apology from my dear doggo - Sultan as he was the one who had first placed a paw on my laptop on some mysterious button, that resulted in the corruption of the hard disk, all this mess resulting in a huge 'Blog Drought'. And finally, now on 17th May of 2022, it's me again with the keyboard to execute onto this screen the sixth story of Mr. Arnes Honk with his assistant Sammy Nortje, and this time these two will be handling a murder case, their first ever I reckon!!!
The Adventures of Mr Honk: The Violet Murder
This was one of the most thrilling and difficult cases that Mr. Honk had ever faced. The case was brought to his notice by Ollie Muffet who was the chief-minister of the neighbouring state of Mailnid. Mr. Honk could not leave out on such an important case not because there was money in it but as he could not sleep peacefully before knowing the actual culprit. So, as soon as he got a call on 18th March 2021, he arranged for their train to Robertuo, Mailnid's capital city.
Nortje was not willing to go 'cause he had his unit tests going on, but he agreed eventually requesting a leave for the Biology exam.
The train stopped at Tawr Railway Station and headed for the House Elรก Ministry in a taxi. On reaching there, Mr. Muffet and his wife Mrs. Muffet greeted the two with tears in their eyes. "Heather has died, Mr. Honk! My younger daughter who was to stand in the elections this summer has died mysteriously, and was found pale on her bed this morning!!"
"Oh my!! What a mishap! I'm sorry for you, sir and you too, Lady Muffet but may I have a look..." At that moment, the minister interrupted and said, "Surely! Come in!!"
Sammy Nortje stayed out as he felt uneasy watching dead bodies. Mr Honk had quite a good observation at the dead girl and stated that she had been poisoned! "I smell the odour of violet from her mouth; there's no blood-marks on her body so she had not been stabbed; There's a bowl of grape juice on the side-table and the color of grape juice can accurately hide the color of violet poison and the bowl is not kept properly. It is inclined so if she was dizzy because of the poison and had fallen, the bowl had been split from her hand, right?"
"Oh yes! Sir! But poison? Who could have done that?" Mr. Muffet said startled but still sobbing with a terrified expression. Right beside Mr and Mrs Muffet was standing a young lady who appeared to be a servant but had not spoken a word till now. However, now she spoke : I was absent from work yesterday, mam, wasn't I? This brought upon an immediate suspect for Mr Honk and he asked, "Who had brought the grape juice yesterday to this room mam?
"She there - Isabell June, my 3rd servant."
"Also is there any drug or chemist shop nearby here?"
"No! One has to go to Edenoff for the nearest drug shop!"
"Got it!" said Honk and noted it down in his diary which he was carrying for the first time ever.
He was just going to get out of the room to his young assistant when he bumped into Donny Muffet, the chief-minister's elder daughter. "Hey," she screamed, "watch while you walk, Mr. Detective!" "I'm sorry young lady, but may I be bold enough to take details of you and what you were doing yesterday long?"
At first the girl resisted but later agreed on seeing her father's angry face. She said in a rush all about herself and then, "I don't quiet see why you need this information but I was out with my friends yesterday to eat at a restaurant in Edenoff. I left at about twelve in the morning and returned at two!!"
"You were eating for two hours?" Honk was surprised, but at the same time noting that she mentioned Edenoff! "No silly man! I was just enjoying with friends after the meal and I'm sorry, I actually returned at one o' clock! Funny how long the line was at..." She was speaking and the last line of her speech faded away into silence as she realised she was overspeaking!! "Don't hide anything, tell me all that you know!" said Mr. Honk but Donny Muffet left...
"Mmmmm....." started Honk as he prepared to leave, "I will be contacting you as soon as possible, after I gather all the instances chronologically and think properly!!"
He took there leave and said to Nortje : "Come with me to 328 Bus Stop at Sared Street." Then, it was Nortje's turn to follow him to Sader Street's Bus Stop and into the bus, ZZXX 678/AS which was leading to Edenoff, one of the largest suburbs of Robertuo!
....To Be Continued....
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