promise, then please go back to Norfolk and leave me."
'So
I promised Elsie I would never ask her anything about
her
past
life.
We've been married
for a
year
now and
we've been
very
happy. During all this time, I've kept my promise. But one day,
about a month ago, my wife received a letter from America - 1
saw the American stamp. She read the letter and her face turned
white. Then she threw the letter in the fire.
'She
said nothing, but from that time, there's been a look of
fear on her face.
'Mr
Holmes, my wife is a very good woman. I'm sure she has
not done anything wrong in her past life.