Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story. 
I asked Poirot and the family to write something.
I did not ask anyone to give an account of what happened.
two women are outside
The band is playing music.
a drag queen runs in an alley
The news hadn't reached me.
A line of children stand behind a man.
It calms me down.