Murder Being Once Done
Murder Being Once Done
“He didn’t sit down but paced about the room, hoping that she wouldn’t keep him waiting for long. And then, suddenly in the midst of his anxiety for her, it occurred to him that once the girl was positively identified, the case would be solved. Things didn’t simply look black for Stephen Dearborn. Louise Sampson had been murdered and who could her murderer be but Dearborn, her stepfather?
The motive now. He had better get that clear in his mind. And there was plenty of motive. Since he had talke...d to Verity Bate he had never doubted the sincerity of Louise’s love for Dearborn, but he had supposed that Dearborn had been speaking the truth when he told Mr Bate that he hadn’t returned it. Perhaps, on the other hand, he had originally been in love with Louise or had at least some strong sensual feeling towards her, a feeling which had lost some of its force when he met the mother. Of course, it was the reverse of the usual pattern, this preference of a man for an older woman over a young girl, but Wexford didn’t find it hard to imagine.MoreLess
The motive now. He had better get that clear in his mind. And there was plenty of motive. Since he had talke...d to Verity Bate he had never doubted the sincerity of Louise’s love for Dearborn, but he had supposed that Dearborn had been speaking the truth when he told Mr Bate that he hadn’t returned it. Perhaps, on the other hand, he had originally been in love with Louise or had at least some strong sensual feeling towards her, a feeling which had lost some of its force when he met the mother. Of course, it was the reverse of the usual pattern, this preference of a man for an older woman over a young girl, but Wexford didn’t find it hard to imagine.MoreLess
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