Question #16 – “Who does Rosalie marry at the end? Why is this surprising?” – Uriel Flores Garcia

In “Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie, Rosalie Otterbourne is introduced to us, the readers, for being the daughter of Salome Otterbourne. In the novel, it is shown that Rosalie Otterbourne falls in love with Tim Allerton and later on marries him. Tim Allerton is known for being the son of Mrs. Allerton. However, there are some internal conflicts that Tim Allerton had in the past that made the relationship he has with Rosalie Otterbourne somewhat surprising. The first reason is that Tim described Rosalie as someone for being “sulky” but later on he starts seeing another perspective from her and starts knowing her much better. Another thing that was also surprising was that Tim was discovered for stealing Linnet’s pearls, and Hercule Poirot gives him a chance on returning them instead of involving the cops in Chapter 27, even though Rosalie questioned him on how he began his journey in robbing. Even Rosalie gave Tim a chance, which was surprising in the end.