Heaven Knows Who (2016)
“Old Fleming himself is suspected of having put forward her name or it may have been someone nearer home. From the small size of the naked footprints and from the marks on the stairs and kitchen door of the swish of a blood-stained skirt, they had early made up their minds that a woman might well be implicated. As early as Monday, the day of the discovery, they were asking Miss Dykes whether she had seen a woman enter the lane behind Sandyford Place that night. How they can have got on to this, one can’t imagine: if Mrs Walker had told them of the woman in grey who turned into the lane while they two stood gossiping, Miss Dykes would surely have been reminded of this episode, but in fact it was not until much later that she recalled it. It may simply be that the police were asking all persons living thereabouts after any woman who might have; come to the house—with no reference to the woman Miss Dykes and Mrs Walker saw.
On July 9, at any rate—the Wednesday—Lundie, the pawnbroker had l...aid information as to the missing silver having been left with him; and a description of the woman who had pledged it was given in the newspapers—a fair or sandy-haired woman with an oval face, whose hands and arms were too white to be those of a working woman.MoreLess
On July 9, at any rate—the Wednesday—Lundie, the pawnbroker had l...aid information as to the missing silver having been left with him; and a description of the woman who had pledged it was given in the newspapers—a fair or sandy-haired woman with an oval face, whose hands and arms were too white to be those of a working woman.MoreLess
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