Roger tells him that he is worried about the death of the woman he wished to marry, and invites him to Fernly Park to dine. Sheppard believes it's rediculous, and the chapter leaves open whether Mrs Ferrars suicided or not.Īfter visiting some patients, Dr Sheppard encounters Roger Ackroyd and Miss Gannett which leaves shortly afterwards. He and his sister sit at the breakfast table where Caroline points out that she believed Mrs Ferrars had killed her husband and later committed suicide because of blackmail, or remorse. Dr Sheppard first appears after visiting King's Paddock, the house of the deceased Mrs Ferrars who had killed herself at the beginning of the story. He forbid his maid to enter the study room since it was full of delicate mechanisms which could be ruined. He lives with his sister and has a parlourmaid, Annie. Other than being Poirot's assistant, Dr Sheppard is the narrator of the novel. He is the one who helps Poirot to reunite all the suspects and make a meeting. Due to Hastings not being present in this novel, he takes his part of Poirot's assistant. At first, he thinks Poirot is called "Porrott" and that he is a retired barber.
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