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Originally Posted by FlareKnight
Certainly the murder wasn't too complicated. Have the maid shooting the door and with the fortune teller behind it there's no doubt she was going to get hit. Even if the maid didn't deliver the killing shot she should have at least hit her. But guess Grevil wasn't thinking too hard.
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It was a contrived, romantic solution. She couldn't guarantee the fortune teller wouldn't make a sound when moving to the door (alerting others she is alive, and foiling the plan*), for example. And it's not like it's the only possible solution either: for example, the far more likely possibility is that the fortune teller opened her door for someone, that someone shot her (that would be the first shot they heard), and locked the door behind him, creating a "closed room".
* Because the fortune teller was made to believe someone is trying to take her life, she would not only be a lot more careful, but also call the police, making future murder attempts much more difficult. She would also have reason to suspect the maid for behaving 'oddly'.
e- and if we're going for romantic solutions, it's very likely the maid and the fortune teller's daughter were cooperating. Circumstantial evidence:
- The daughter stopped the Indian servant from hacking down the door (if he did it would've foiled the plan).
- The daughter gave the detective a yacht with an invitation to some secret society or whatever it was.
- Of course, we know she doesn't care about the fortune teller at all (aside from her craving for the inheritance,she seemed quite cheerful, even kissing the detective, after the mystery was "solved").
Of course, this is by no means conclusive.