When Mrs Bantry recounts the events to Miss Marple, she uses lines from the poem "The Lady of Shalott" (in which a curse falls upon the heroine of the poem) to describe the look she observed on Marina's face. A short while later, Heather collapses and dies. Mrs Bantry, standing nearby, notices a strange look cross Marina's face during Heather's monologue. Heather had been ill, but was such a big fan of Marina that she left her sickbed to meet her favourite star and get her autograph. Heather corners Marina and launches into a long story about how they met years ago while Marina was visiting Bermuda, where Heather worked at the time. Guests include Mrs Bantry, actress Lola Brewster, Marina's friend Ardwyck Fenn, and Heather with her husband Arthur. Marina and her latest husband, film producer Jason Rudd, host a fête in honour of St John Ambulance. Over a cup of tea, Heather tells Miss Marple how she met the American actress Marina Gregg, who recently moved into the area and bought Gossington Hall from Miss Marple's friend Dolly Bantry. She is helped by Heather Badcock, who brings her into her own home to rest. The story features amateur detective Miss Marple solving a mystery in St. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, a novel by Agatha Christie, was published in the UK in 1962 and a year later in the US under the title The Mirror Crack'd.
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