[The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Old Man in the Corner CHAPTER XXXV 4/15
Mrs. Owen's clothes, which she had worn during the day, were folded neatly on a chair.
The key of her cupboard was in the pocket of her dress.
The door had been slightly ajar, but both the windows were wide open; one of them, which had the sash-line broken, had been fastened up most scientifically with a piece of rope. "Mrs.Owen had obviously undressed preparatory to going to bed, and the magistrate very naturally soon made the remark how untenable the theory of an accident must be.
No one in their five senses would undress with a temperature at below zero, and the windows wide open. "After these preliminary statements the cashier of the Birkbeck was called and he related the caretaker's visit at the bank. "'It was then about one o'clock,' he stated.
'Mrs.Owen called and presented a cheque to self for L827, the amount of her balance.
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