Ferrars actually kill her husband, she was being blackmailed for it. Distraught throughout the meal, Ackroyd finally has a private discussion with Dr. Cecil Ackroyd, Roger’s sister-in-law, Flora Ackroyd, his niece (who recently got engaged to Ackroyd’s stepson Ralph Paton), Geoffrey Raymond, Ackroyd’s young secretary, and Major Blunt, Ackroyd’s friend. Sheppard to dinner, claiming he has something important to tell him. Meanwhile, Roger Ackroyd, the town’s wealthiest citizen who was expected to marry Mrs. Ferrars has committed suicide with Veronal over the guilt. Ferrars poisoned her husband a year before. Sheppard’s gossip-loving sister, Caroline) believes Mrs. Ferrars, who overdosed on Veronal, a sleeping medication. James Sheppard, a physician in the town of King’s Abbott.
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