You have given us a clever explanation of one of them, but how about the other?
Will you, before going further, tell us what connection you find between the theory just advanced and the flight and ultimate suicide of Madame Duclos under circumstances which point to a desire to suppress evidence even at the cost of her life?
It was not from consideration for Mr.Roberts, whom you have shown she hated.

What was it then?
Have you an equally ingenious explanation for that too ?" "I have an explanation, but I cannot say that it is altogether satisfactory.

She died but yesterday, and my opportunities have been small for any work since.

What I have learned was from her sister-in-law, whom I saw this morning.

Realizing that she will be obliged to give full testimony at the inevitable inquest, she is at last ready to acknowledge that she has been aware for a long time of a secret in Madame's life.
That while she knew nothing of its nature, she had always thought that it was in some manner connected with her prolonged residence abroad.