a) Wexford finds Nancy quite beautiful, and he finds it difficult not to stare at her; b) when she
leans across the desk and brings herself nearer to him, he wants to stay close to her pretty face;
c) when checking her finger for the L-shaped scar, Wexford notes how warm and smooth Nancy’s
hand is, and holds it a moment too long – when he realizes, he feels embarrassed and lets her hand
drop quickly; d) after Nancy has left his office and is crossing the road outside, Wexford waves back
to her and thinks that she feels like an old friend.
2 When he couldn’t find Angela, Hathall looked for her downstairs and in the garden, and sent his
mother upstairs. Wexford thinks that this was strange because the shy and nervous Angela was
most likely to be in her bedroom