Are you Mrs Morton?" I asked.
She looked at the police car, then at me.
"Go away," she said. "Leave me alone."
"We just want to know where your husband is. May we
come inside for a few minutes?"
"No, you can't," she said. "I've got nothing to say to you"
I pointed to the bandage on her head.
"How did that happen? Did your husband hit you?"
"I fell down the stairs!"
"You don't expect me to believe that,
Mrs Morton'*