Lady Anne's Deception
“The only comfort she had was the realization that she was doing it because she really thought women should get the vote and not to revenge herself on her husband.
During the past few weeks, she had hardly seen him at all, and when she had he had been polite and punctilious. At that moment, he was in the House of Lords. He had been up most of the night before preparing his speech. That much Annie had gleaned from the servants, who were most impressed that his lordship wrote his own speeches and did not employ the services of a secretary.
Annie had, however, seen quite a deal of Detective-Inspector Carton. He had returned on one occasion, bringing with him Chief Superintendent Delaney who, he said, was in charge of the case.
The chief superintendent was a large, fatherly man who quickly put Annie at her ease. He took her over the whole business again, starting with her first meeting with Miss Hammond.
Mr. Shaw-Bufford had appeared as a genuine champion of women’s rights, Mr. Delaney had said.
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