ESSEX hand written note: July 17th My
dear Evelyn

Can we not bury the hachet? I have found it hard to forgive the
things you said

against my dear husband but I am an old woman & very fond of you

Yours affectionately,

Emily Inglethorpe


It was handed to the jury who scrutinized it attentively.

"I fear it does not help us much," said the Coroner, with a sigh.
"There is no mention of any of the events of that afternoon."

"Plain as a pikestaff to me," said Miss Howard shortly. "It
shows clearly enough that my poor old friend had just found out
she'd been made a fool of!"

"It says nothing of the kind in the letter," the Coroner pointed
out.

"No, because Emily never could bear to put herself in the wrong.
But I know her. She wanted me back. But she wasn't going to own
that I'd been right. She went round about. Most people do.
Don't believe in it myself."