It is about Sir Charles that I have come to see you , I said. I want to know if you ever wrote to him and asked him to meet you.
She looked very angry , and her face went white.
What a question! She said. What right have you to ask me about my private life But the answer is “no”.
Surely you are not remembering clearly , I said . I think you wrote to him on the day that he died. And your letter said. Please, please , burn this letter , and be at the gate by ten o’clock.
For a moment I thought she was going to faint. Then she said in a low voice : “ I asked Sir Charles to tell nobody.
You must not think that Sir Charles spoke to anyone about you , I said. He put the letter on the fire, but not all of it was burnt. Now, did you write that letter to him?
Yes, she said. Why should I be ashamed of writing to him? I wanted him to help me. I learned that he was going to London early on the following day, so I asked him to meet me before he want. I could not go to the Hall earlier that day.
But why did you ask him you meet you in the garden instead of in the house? I asked.
Do you think it would be sensible for a woman to go at that time of night into the house o an unmarried man? She asked.
Well, what happened when you got there? I asked.
I didn’t go, she replied.
Mrs Lyons!
I tell you did not go. Something happen that stopped me from going. I can’t tell you what it was.
Mrs Lyons, I said. If you didn’t see Sir Charles, you must tell me why. If you don’t, it will look very bad for you if I have to go to the police with this new piece of information about the letter.
Mrs Lyons thought for a moment, and then she said : ‘I see that I must tell you. Perhaps you know that I married a man who was very cruel to me. I hate him and I wanted to get a divorce. But a divorce is expensive, and I had on money. I thought that if Sir Charles heard my sad story, he would help me to get a divorce.
Then why didn’t you go to see Sir Charles? I asked her
Because I got help from someone else, she said.
Why didn’t you write to Sir Charles and tell him?
I was going to, but saw in the newspaper the next morning that he had died.
I asked Mrs Lyons a number of other questions, but she did not changes her story, whatever I asked her. I was sure that she was telling the trust. I could check two important parts of the story. If they were right, there could be no doubt that she was telling the truth. I could check that she had begun to get her divorce at about the time of Sir Charles‘ death. I could also check that she had not been to Baskerville Hall on the night of Sir Charles’ death.
But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth. Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter? That was not completely explained by the story she had told me.
I had discovered all I could for me the moment. I left her, and went to search for more information in a different place.
It is about Sir Charles that I have come to see you , I said. I want to know if you ever wrote to him and asked him to meet you.
She looked very angry , and her face went white.
What a question! She said. What right have you to ask me about my private life But the answer is “no”.
Surely you are not remembering clearly , I said . I think you wrote to him on the day that he died. And your letter said. Please, please , burn this letter , and be at the gate by ten o’clock.
For a moment I thought she was going to faint. Then she said in a low voice : “ I asked Sir Charles to tell nobody.
You must not think that Sir Charles spoke to anyone about you , I said. He put the letter on the fire, but not all of it was burnt. Now, did you write that letter to him?
Yes, she said. Why should I be ashamed of writing to him? I wanted him to help me. I learned that he was going to London early on the following day, so I asked him to meet me before he want. I could not go to the Hall earlier that day.
But why did you ask him you meet you in the garden instead of in the house? I asked.
Do you think it would be sensible for a woman to go at that time of night into the house o an unmarried man? She asked.
Well, what happened when you got there? I asked.
I didn’t go, she replied.
Mrs Lyons!
I tell you did not go. Something happen that stopped me from going. I can’t tell you what it was.
Mrs Lyons, I said. If you didn’t see Sir Charles, you must tell me why. If you don’t, it will look very bad for you if I have to go to the police with this new piece of information about the letter.
Mrs Lyons thought for a moment, and then she said : ‘I see that I must tell you. Perhaps you know that I married a man who was very cruel to me. I hate him and I wanted to get a divorce. But a divorce is expensive, and I had on money. I thought that if Sir Charles heard my sad story, he would help me to get a divorce.
Then why didn’t you go to see Sir Charles? I asked her
Because I got help from someone else, she said.
Why didn’t you write to Sir Charles and tell him?
I was going to, but saw in the newspaper the next morning that he had died.
I asked Mrs Lyons a number of other questions, but she did not changes her story, whatever I asked her. I was sure that she was telling the trust. I could check two important parts of the story. If they were right, there could be no doubt that she was telling the truth. I could check that she had begun to get her divorce at about the time of Sir Charles‘ death. I could also check that she had not been to Baskerville Hall on the night of Sir Charles’ death.
But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth. Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter? That was not completely explained by the story she had told me.
I had discovered all I could for me the moment. I left her, and went to search for more information in a different place.
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