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Tommy_A_Jones on 03 Aug 2009 at 1:14 p.m. GMT
I have heard people mention that sometimes Raymond's wife changes from Joyce to Joan or it might be the other way round. I thought Grizelda's son wasn't born until after Body In The Library.
ampman on 06 Aug 2009 at 9:20 a.m. GMT
No, in Chapte 15 of The Body in the Library Miss Marple goes to the vicarage to ask if there is any fund raising going on so that she has an excuse to call at Basil Blake's house and talk to Dinah Lee. On entering the vicarage drawing room she finds Griselda playing with baby David who is crawling on the hearth rug. By the time we reach 4.50 from Paddington David has become Leonard and is home from boarding school for Christmas.
susandiane on 08 Aug 2009 at 9:50 p.m. GMT
leonard is the vicar's nephew (murder at the vicarage). david is the vicar's son (4:50 from paddington). david also appears (as an infant) in "body in the library"
aznm on 12 Aug 2009 at 10:43 a.m. GMT
I haven't read these two books in ages, but I can say that Dame Agatha DID indeed change the names of a few characters from book to book. Raymond's girlfriend/fiancee was originally "Joyce" in an early book but later his wife was referred to as "Joan". Speculation is twofold. Either Raymond was with two women, dating Joyce, then later marrying Joan, or an error was made by Agatha Christie and no one caught it. Thus, Raymond's Mrs. became "Joan" permanently. There are other examples but I chalk it up to not keeping a character index and/or poor editing. "Let's get Marple to the presses ASAP. We need them on the shelves before Christmas." That sort of thing.
ampman on 23 Aug 2009 at 10:13 a.m. GMT
Having re-read Murder at the Vicarage I discovered that the Vicar's nephew is called Dennis so back to square one.
susandianeleonard is the vicar's nephew (murder at the vicarage). david is the vicar's son (4:50 from paddington). david also appears (as an infant) in "body in the library"
TheButlerDidIT on 17 Oct 2009 at 2:32 p.m. GMT
I'm pretty sure Dennis was his nephew in Murder at the Vicarage which I recently finnished reading. Then again I could be wrong.
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I have recently been re-reading 4.50 from Paddington and The Body in the Library. One thing that puzzles me is that in this the Vicar's son is called David and in the other he is called Leonard. Are there any more inconsistancies in any of the other books?