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| “ | From now on, it is our task to suspect each and every one amongst us. | „ |
| ~ Edward George Armstrong's most famous line. |
Dr. Edward George Armstrong is the tritagonist in Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None and its adaptations.
He is one of ten people summoned to Indian Island by the culprit, who have committed murder in a way that the law cannot prove or punish them for.
Later on, it is revealed that he is one of the pivotal collaborators to the killer (unwittingly) and is originally the core suspect in most of the story, until his demise.
In the 2015 BBC adaptation of the novel, he was portrayed by Toby Stephens, who also portrayed Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day.
Biography[]
Some 20 years before the events of the novel, Armstrong operated on a woman while drunk, resulting in the patient's death. He used the hospital management to cover up his crime, though the nun who accompanied the patient later confided his crime to Wargrave.
On Indian Island, Wargrave enlists his help in faking his death by playing on his suspicion of Philip Lombard as the murderer. He convinces the doctor to help him expose Lombard by pretending to be a victim. They cause a distraction, and Wargrave poses as a dead man. The doctor pronounces his death, and because of his profession, no one contradicts him.
That night, Wargrave takes Armstrong walking on the sea cliffs to discuss the next part of the plan, and pushes Armstrong over the cliff to his death. He later washes up on the shore and is found by Philip Lombard and Vera Claythorne.
Trivia[]
- Armstrong's death corresponds to the "Ten Little Indians Rhyme", "A red herring swallowed one and then there were three" in two ways, first, his mode of death by drowning, second, a "Red Herring" refers to a false trail or deception, which Wargrave used to trick him into following him.
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