I left it till later." Mrs.Carruthers hesitated; then she said: "It's so difficult to see what one's duty is in a case like this." "Well, one's obvious duty is to make no secret of anything that may throw a light on the crime.

Was it anything out of the way in the way of quarrels?
Wasn't Lord Loudwater always quarrelling with Lady Loudwater?
I've been told that he was always insulting and bullying her." "Well, this one was rather out of the common," said Mrs.Carruthers reluctantly.

"He accused her of having kissed Colonel Grey in the East wood and declared that he would divorce her." "It was Colonel Grey, was it ?" said Mr.Flexen.
"That is what Elizabeth Twitcher told me after supper last night.

It seems that his lordship burst in upon them when she was dressing her ladyship's hair for dinner and blurted it out before her.

I've no doubt she was telling the truth.