

He tells her he did not regret sending Arthur to his death when it happened, but now after his wife’s death, he sees life differently. General Macarthur tells Vera Claythorne he is guilty of ordering Arthur Richmond to his death. Armstrong also wonder why Philip Lombard has brought a gun to the island. Armstrong wonders if the General is mad enough to have committed the murders.

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The men come away from him wondering if he has cracked from the strain of the recent events on the island. The men, on their search of the island, approach General Macarthur and try to have a few words with him, but the old man tells them to leave him alone, because there is so little time left. He noticed Anthony had set his drink down on a table near an open window, and someone could have slipped the cyanide into the drink through the opening. Philip Lombard feels it is possible cyanide could have been slipped into Anthony Marston’s drink. The three men also discuss the events of the previous evening. The cliff might conceal a cave, in which a person could hide from the others on the island. The men decide to be totally sure of no one being on the island, one of them should repel down the cliff. They search every section of the island, which is an easy task, because the island has a sheer drop on the north-west side and the rest of the island is almost devoid of trees. Armstrong have decided the best way to find out if anyone else is on the island is to search it.
