Programming note: As Thanksgiving Day draws to a close, we hope you'll spare an hour for the special edition of The Mark Steyn Show, which includes a brand new episode of The Hundred Years Ago Show, turning the clock back to Thanksgiving 1925. Mark's epic recounting of the great family tree descending from the Mayflower is one of our most popular features at SteynOnline.
~Welcome to the conclusion of our seventy-fourth Tale for Our Time: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. In our final episode we tie up the remaining loose ends - including Hercule Poirot's wager with young Giraud:
Shortly after we got back to London, I noticed a magnificent model of a foxhound adorning Poirot's mantelpiece. In answer to my inquiring glance, Poirot nodded.
"Mais, oui! I got my 500 francs! Is he not a splendid fellow? I call him Giraud!"
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Our Tales for Our Time Christmas season will begin in a week or so. In the meantime, a word on listener reaction to our other Tales: some like the ripping yarns for boys, some the more genteel social comedy for girls, and some of you even enjoy our ventures into summer whimsy from Mark himself. But of the tales in totality all seem to be in favour.
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Tales for Our Time will be back very soon, and don't forget the latest episode of Mark's weekend music show.