There are a number of non-canonical ones such as Captain Cottam, Kanga Cottam, and Lydia Harsnet added to the story.(The omission of Rhoda and Colonel Despard is possibly due to the fact that in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaption of Cards on the Table, Rhoda dies in place of Anne Meredith and Colonel Despard falls in love with Anne instead.) It eliminates the characters of Ariadne Oliver, John Despard, Rhoda Despard, Maud Dane Calthrop, Caleb Dane Calthrop, Hermia Redcliffe.Otherwise, the adaptation is fairly faithful to the original story. Her presence reduces the roles played by Mark Easterbrook and Ginger Corrigan although they still have significant parts.
She soon checks into the inn and pursues her own investigation. Davis' rooms, she finds an identical list to that sent to her by Father Gorman and also a reference to the Pale Horse Inn in Much Deeping, Hampshire. The policeman in charge of the case, Inspector Lejeune is skeptical about it all being a murder but when Miss Marple inspects Mrs. The police have put it down to a mugging but the letter Miss Marple received from him intrigues her: a list of surnames and a quote from the bible. Davis, who died the previous evening and it was while he was on his way home that he was apparently attacked. Miss Marple is shocked when she receives a note from an old friend, Father Gorman, only to read in the newspaper the very same day that he was murdered.
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