Ethel Rogers
Traits and Quotes
Cadaverous
“Mrs.Rogers had a flat monotonous voice. Vera looked at her curiously. What a white bloodless ghost of a woman! Very respectable looking, with her hair dragged back from her face and her black dress. Queer light eyes that shifted the whole time from place to place.”
Apprehensive
Vera said:
“The way she looked – scared of her own shadow! I’ve never seen a woman look so frightened….She must have been always haunted by it….”
Frail
“Allow me, Madam, I’ll speak to her. Ethel – Ethel – it’s all right. All right, do you hear? Pull yourself together.”
Mrs. Rogers’ breath came in quick gasps. Her eyes, staring frightened eyes, went round and round the ring of faces. There was urgency in Rogers’ tone.
“Pull yourself together, Ethel.”
Dr. Armstrong spoke to her soothingly.
“You’ll be all right now, Mrs. Rogers. Just a nasty turn.”
She said:
“Did I faint, sir?”
“Yes.”
“It was The Voice – that awful voice – like a judgment – ”
“Mrs.Rogers had a flat monotonous voice. Vera looked at her curiously. What a white bloodless ghost of a woman! Very respectable looking, with her hair dragged back from her face and her black dress. Queer light eyes that shifted the whole time from place to place.”
Apprehensive
Vera said:
“The way she looked – scared of her own shadow! I’ve never seen a woman look so frightened….She must have been always haunted by it….”
Frail
“Allow me, Madam, I’ll speak to her. Ethel – Ethel – it’s all right. All right, do you hear? Pull yourself together.”
Mrs. Rogers’ breath came in quick gasps. Her eyes, staring frightened eyes, went round and round the ring of faces. There was urgency in Rogers’ tone.
“Pull yourself together, Ethel.”
Dr. Armstrong spoke to her soothingly.
“You’ll be all right now, Mrs. Rogers. Just a nasty turn.”
She said:
“Did I faint, sir?”
“Yes.”
“It was The Voice – that awful voice – like a judgment – ”
Her crime that the Voice said
On the 6th of May, 1929, you brought about the death of Jennifer Brady.
How she died
After she heard the gramophone, she fainted and Armstrong told her to rest. Wargrave then slips chloral hydrate in the brandy for Mrs. Rogers. (This was supposed to be some sleeping draught that he was supposed to bring)