I believe they intended to take the whole New Years pudding with them when they snuck away, or sneak down in the middle of the night and smash it to get the ruby out, then take off. That was done to hide it when it was announced that Poirot, a detective was there. The only one I can answer is putting the ruby into the pudding. Did Agatha Christie intend for that undertone to be implied? There seems to be a strong political undertone to the story in the TV version, but this isn't present in the original story. Why did they put the ruby in the Christmas pudding? Seems like a terrible place to hide something, especially if everyone in the family has a chance to get a hold of it (even if was served at New Years like they intended).Are we supposed to believe that the granddaughter was hanging around with a jewel thief for a long time? Was Desmond already involved with her when he had the ruby stolen?.Why did the thieves even stick around Kings Lacey once they had the jewel? In the TV version of this story, they mention it's because they ran into problems with the airplane, but that isn't in the story.How did they know the ruby was at Kings Lacey? If they knew it was there, why did they ask Poirot to get involved? Why couldn't the prince just show up with his hired hands and get it back?.The plot of this short story doesn't make sense to me and I have a few questions about it.
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