Parker Pyne advises Miss Pryce to carry on until Baghdad since she has already paid for the tickets.She is left without funds and has to terminate their trip. She is told that her bank has failed because Samuel Long the banker has defrauded the money. Miss Pryce receives a telegram while in Damascus from her brother. Miss Pryce and Nett are on a round the world trip.The murder takes place on the way to Rutbah and not just after.The characters of Flight Lieutenant Williamson and the Pentemians are not featured. The dramatisation is fairly faithful to the original story with just a few minor modifications to the storyline. Legend has it that at least one member of a caravan passing through the portal will fail to arrive at the destination. They go through the infamous Gate of Baghdad, once known as the Gate of Death. Parker Pyne and a disparate group of adventurers set out from Damascus for Baghdad.
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