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Two countesses. One duel at dawn. And a man found dead in the reeds before breakfast. When Lady Venetia Temple-Barrett and Lady Aurelia Westmarch settle a romantic rivalry with pistols at dawn, Poirot expects nothing more than aristocratic melodrama. But when their shared paramour, Rupert Delacourt, is discovered dead beside the lake moments later, scandal becomes murder — and both formidable women become suspects. The duel was harmless. The pistols fired wide. Yet Delacourt died shortly after fleeing the field — dragged through the mud, hidden among the reeds, and left with evidence that points in every possible direction: two jealous rivals, a household full of secrets, stolen horses, muddy boots, rearranged alibis, and a husband who returned home too early… or too late. As the storm rolls over Hartlepool House, Poirot must untangle vanity, pride, deception, and desperate self-preservation. In a case where honour is staged and truth is concealed under silk and stone, only one question matters: Who met Rupert Delacourt after the duel — and why did he never walk back? Inspired by the real 1829 “Petticoat Duel” between Lady Seymour and Lady Shrewsbury. 🕵️ A high-society Poirot fan mystery of duels, betrayals, aristocratic secrets, and a tragedy sparked by a man unworthy of any woman’s bullet. FOR VIEWERS / LISTENERS ✨ This is a non-commercial homage to Agatha Christie and her characters. Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings belong to the Agatha Christie estate; all original plot elements, characters, and the full mystery are created by Nocturnal Tales. If you enjoy elegant mysteries, aristocratic drama, country-house tension, and longform Poirot audiobooks, you’re exactly where you should be. A NOTE ABOUT OUR CHANNEL YouTube has been severely limiting monetization on many of our long-form mysteries — even though our work is fully original, fully narrated, and carefully produced. If you enjoy our stories and want to help keep the channel alive, your support on Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee makes a real difference. Thank you for helping us continue weekly mysteries despite the algorithm’s storms. 🕯️💛 SUPPORT & MEMBERSHIPS If this story kept you company today and you’d like to help us continue: 📌 Patreon (ad-free episodes, early access, bonus content – tiers from $2.99/month) You can also DM us there and join our small group chat where we talk with listeners more directly.   / nocturnaltales   📺 Watch on Rumble (free & supports us with ad revenue!) https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714?e9s=sr... ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee (one-time support) https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEs... Your support — in any form — keeps the stories coming. 📝 Help Save Nocturnal Tales YouTube has severely limited monetization on many of our long-form mysteries, despite them being fully original, fully narrated, and carefully produced. If you’d like to help protect the future of this channel, you can sign our petition here: https://www.change.org/p/let-nocturna... ⚠️ Important: If Change.org prompts you to donate, please do not donate — that money goes to Change.org to promote the petition, not to us. A signature and a short comment are more than enough and genuinely help. Thank you for standing with us during this difficult period. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro & ambience 01:52 – Chapter I: Sparks at Dawn 13:29 – Chapter II: The Man in the Reeds 19:37 – Chapter III: The House with Too Many Secrets 26:45 – Chapter IV: Footsteps in the East Corridor 35:49 – Chapter V: Under Silk and Stone 43:26 – Chapter VI: The Master Who Returned at Dawn 50:39 – Epilogue: The Petticoat Duel of 1829 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS If you were Venetia or Aurelia, would you have challenged the other to a duel — or walked away from Rupert Delacourt altogether? Tell us whose side you would have been on, and why. HASHTAGS #HerculePoirot #PoirotFanFiction #MurderMystery #Audiobook #NocturnalTales #CountryHouseMystery #Duel #Whodunnit #AgathaChristieHomage #PetticoatDuel #AristocracyDrama