Vera Claythorne: Her Motive To Kill in And Then There Were None

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me. I’ve not got a penny… queer, you know, once, for three months I had a chance of being a rich man… Cyril wasn’t born until three months after Maurice died.” This quote from the book means that Hugo Hamilton does not want to marry Claythorne because of the fact that he is poor. So if Cyril Hamilton would have been a girl, Hugo Hamilton would immediately inherit all of Maurice Hamilton’s remaining money. He would therefore become a rich man, and then would be able to marry Vera Claythorne. Vera Elizabeth Claythorne’s motive was enough for her to kill Cyril Hamilton. This is a true statement; she wanted Hugo to inherit Cyril Hamilton’s money to allow her to marry Hugo Hamilton. When Cyril Hamilton dies with no question to be asked his money is then inherited by Hugo. He later becomes a wealthy man and had the opportunity to marry Claythorne as his soon to be wife. A quote from the book on page 88, “If he’d been a girl…” This meaning that if Cyril Hamilton had been a girl, when ...

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