暂无简介Although her uncle Frank's sudden death has been ruled the result of heart disease, Constance Martin attempts to re-open the case in a court in Bermuda, where Frank lived. Constance explains that she suspects foul play and describes a strange pact made by her uncle and five of his friends: Frank, Mark Dunham, Dr. Randolph Tilford, Lyman Brooks, Lee Cooper and John Best meet every year to renew their friendship, which began during their military service in World War I. At one meeting, Frank suggests that they each contribute ten thousand dollars to a fund to be administered by a banker friend, Herbert Bond, and at the end of ten years, whoever is still alive will divide the money. Back in the courtroom, Constance explains that the fund is to be collected in five days, and that her uncle, who was in perfect health, had been smoking a cigarette contained in a birthday package sent by his friends. The judge refuses to re-open the case, so Constance travels to New York City, where the ...
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