The Testimony of the Hanged Man (Lizzie Martin 5)
“I had gone at once to report the whole matter to him, and tell him of the woman giving the name Jane Stephens, whom I’d encountered the night before.
‘You think,’ Dunn continued, ‘that the woman you met may well be the absconded wife of this fellow Canning?’ ‘I do think it, sir. I asked her name and she obviously did not want to give her married name, for fear we would connect her at once with her husband. She knew he’d have to go to the police sooner or later and declare them both missing, or ...it would appear very odd. She had to think up another name quickly and the only one to pop into her head was that of this elderly relative who lives in Southampton, Stephens. It may even be her own maiden name.’ ‘The woman under the arches claimed her husband had abandoned her and the child?’ ‘Yes, but I suspected at the time the truth was the reverse; that she had run away from him. I had the strong impression, sir, that she was a woman of good background and only recently fallen on such hard times.’ ‘How would you describe Canning’s manner?’ ‘He is most anxious, above all, to avoid scandal.MoreLess
‘You think,’ Dunn continued, ‘that the woman you met may well be the absconded wife of this fellow Canning?’ ‘I do think it, sir. I asked her name and she obviously did not want to give her married name, for fear we would connect her at once with her husband. She knew he’d have to go to the police sooner or later and declare them both missing, or ...it would appear very odd. She had to think up another name quickly and the only one to pop into her head was that of this elderly relative who lives in Southampton, Stephens. It may even be her own maiden name.’ ‘The woman under the arches claimed her husband had abandoned her and the child?’ ‘Yes, but I suspected at the time the truth was the reverse; that she had run away from him. I had the strong impression, sir, that she was a woman of good background and only recently fallen on such hard times.’ ‘How would you describe Canning’s manner?’ ‘He is most anxious, above all, to avoid scandal.MoreLess
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