And Then There Were None/Awesome

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If he's alive in the adaptation, Lombard being the only one to admit the murder accusations against him are true. Everyone else's first reaction is denial and moral outrage.

U.N. Owen's plot and the fact that it works. It leads to quite a Downer Ending, but you have to admit the plan is good.
Lots of things from Wargrave's epilogue:
- He says that he had a strict moral code that prevented him from committing murder. Even though he wanted to, and he experimented on insects, he wasn't someone that would hurt a human being that didn't deserve it.
- Wargrave was telling the truth that Seton was guilty; the police admit as much when they examine the crime scene. While at the time Wargrave looked like a Hanging Judge, the law had seen evidence too grisly for a 1930s jury. It means we can also believe that when Wargrave claimed that when a defendant was innocent, he would do his best to acquit the person.

Hugo in the book suffered a nervous breakdown on realizing Vera killed his nephew so he would inherit. Not-so-much here; he confronts Vera after the inquest and breaks up with her. Why? Because she said that Cyril outran her, and Hugo knows that's a lie. Cyril had weak lungs. He asserts that if he could prove it, he would see her swing.
- It's implied that Hugo was still Wargrave's informant. Only this time instead of spilling his guts while drunk, he may have been trying to get justice for Cyril. So that's why Wargrave took extra time to confirm Vera's guilt.

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