Death of a Stranger
“WPC Joanne Torode was put in charge of the son while he and Ted were interviewing the mother, and he asked her to talk to the boy on subjects of his choice and be prepared to let him know her reactions to his reactions.
Marjorie Charters was more obviously on her guard than her husband had been, wary and self-protective. She neither added to nor altered anything her husband had told them, but Tim’s sixth sense suggested she was afraid of more than she admitted to: a fear of the effect of an... interview on her son.
“You’ll be sitting beside him, Mrs Charters,’’ Ted told her. Even when Tim didn’t have to struggle minute by minute to retain his objectivity, he knew Ted’s personality was the more reassuring. “And you say he was asleep while the intruder was in the house and didn’t wake up until after he had left.’’ “That’s right!’’ Tim was aware of Marjorie Charters’body tensing as she rapped out the words. Although it was a very different style of reaction, he was reminded of the over-elaborate nonchalance with which her husband had referred to the knee-hole desk in his study, and felt another stab of excitement as it reinforced his instinct that the Charter family had something to hide.MoreLess
Marjorie Charters was more obviously on her guard than her husband had been, wary and self-protective. She neither added to nor altered anything her husband had told them, but Tim’s sixth sense suggested she was afraid of more than she admitted to: a fear of the effect of an... interview on her son.
“You’ll be sitting beside him, Mrs Charters,’’ Ted told her. Even when Tim didn’t have to struggle minute by minute to retain his objectivity, he knew Ted’s personality was the more reassuring. “And you say he was asleep while the intruder was in the house and didn’t wake up until after he had left.’’ “That’s right!’’ Tim was aware of Marjorie Charters’body tensing as she rapped out the words. Although it was a very different style of reaction, he was reminded of the over-elaborate nonchalance with which her husband had referred to the knee-hole desk in his study, and felt another stab of excitement as it reinforced his instinct that the Charter family had something to hide.MoreLess
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