The Dressmaker’s Doll by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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A beautiful doll appeared out of nowhere in a sewing studio one day. But the two mistresses of the atelier soon began to think that the doll was trying to take over their dressing room.

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Two elderly ladies, Alicia and Sybilla, owners of the atelier, one day discovered a doll in their dressing room. The toy fits the room very well, but something about it alarms the women. A few days later, the ladies realize that the doll is mysteriously moving around the room. The mistresses find her in different places — then she sits at the table of the mistress, then lies on the couch, then sits on the windowsill and looks out the window. Lock terrible doll in the dressing room does not work — the toy moved into another room and continues to torment the elderly women.

One day Alicia could not stand it and with a shout threw the doll out the window. Soon a little ragged girl came up to the toy lying on the sidewalk. Making sure no one was around, the girl grabbed the doll. Alicia and Sybil tried to take the doll away from the little girl, because she was too dangerous. But the girl declared that the doll was hers now. «I love her. And you hate her. She wants to be loved.» — said the girl and ran away.