derek beaulieu
FICTION
 

And Then There Were None

 “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do / Two can be as bad as one, it’s the loneliest number since the number one…”
          —Three Dog Night

1.
another two
all
some
all
some
seven
eight
one
one
five
a swarm
five
one
a hundred
a hundred
a hundred
one hundred
sixty-five
every
half
some
two
one or two
thirty
thousands
a couple
some
half
ten
fifteen
eighty
another hundred
a bit
a few
several
six
only one
the lot
one
eight


2.
a little group
four
two
one
five
one
three
one
a lot
a lot
three
a mere cluster
two
three
one
two
double the number
one
a queer lot
this lot
one
a queer one
one
one
hundreds and hundreds
8
another
one
two
eight
ten
one
ten
one
nine
nine
one
eight
eight
one
seven
seven
one
six
six
one
five
five
one
four
four
one
four
four
one
three
three
one
two
two
one
one
one
none
one or two
all
two
three
very few
one
two


3.
a little group
some
many
ten
ten
ten
two
one
twenty
nine
twenty-one
nothing
ten
one
once
one
two or three
one
two
two
two
one
two
another
each one
two or three


4.
all
two
one
one
ought
a couple
another
one
two
one
one
ought


5.
one
twelve
one
two
ten
lots
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
another
some
more
three or four
fifteen
sixteen
three
three
three


6.
some few
nine
two
one
one
some
ten
one
seven
eight
eight
ten
ten
two
nigh on two
ten
ten
ten
nine
eight
eight
eight


7.
two
one
twenty
once
two
one
two
twelve
two
two
ten
eight
ten
one
nine
nine
one
eight
two
one
one
three


8.
one
one
one
one
two
one
three
three
one
one
the other two
three
one
two
two
two
five
the only one
two
three
one
two
two
five
three
eight


9.
two
two
a hundred
hundred
three
two
one
five
seven
two
seven
one
one
one
one
one
ten
seven
seven
one
one
one
none
one
two
three
one
one
one
several
one
one or more
one or more
one
none
no one
once
two
a few
two
two
one
two
eight
three
one
seven
one
all
each and every one


10.
one
one
one
three
one
two
one or more
five
two
one
two
one
one
twenty-four
twenty
three
none
one
one
two
one
nine
two
two
two
two
four
four
four
four
four
seven
one
one


11.
eight
nine
twenty-five
twenty-five
ten
six
seven
six
three-quarters
both
half
a couple
one
none
six
six
six
six


12.
half
one
one
five
eleven
one
one
four
one
five
four
five
one
four
three
four
one
five
one
two
three
one
one


13.
one
one
one
three
five
five
five
five
one
four
five
two
a quarter
three
twenty
four
twenty
four
a quarter
four
five
five
three
four
five
a quarter
six
twenty
six
four
one
four
one
half
half
one
three
two
five
four
one
one


14.
four
two
four
one
four
one
four
one
two
one
one
one
six
ten
four
a thousand
fourteen
one
two
three
one
half
half
one
two
two
one
one
two
one
three


15.
three
twenty-four
one
three
one
one
one
two
one
twenty
four
one
three
one
one
two
one
both
one
one
one
one
one
two
one
two


16.
a thousand
two
one
one
two
one
two
nine
one
one
three
two
one
one
none


Epilogue.
ten
two
three
one
a lot
nine
ten
two
two
one
one
ten
ten
ten
one
ten
one
two
thirty-six
eight
ten
two
11
three
one
three
one
one
hundred
one
two
one
one
ten
two
two
one
twenty-one
one
two
one
one
seven
one
a quarter
two
one
two
one
one
three
one
one
three
one
one
ten
four
four
one
ten

 


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