‘I am very glad that this inquest has ended as it has,’ she began, ‘and I am very grateful to all of you who have helped us. But there is a point of which I feel we must not lose sight. It is this: this terrible affair is not yet at an end, and the odium which has fallen upon this house is still as strong as though some one of us had been arrested.’
‘Oh, Mama, how can you?—how can you?’ Aunt Kitty burst into tears.
Great-aunt Caroline turned to her regretfully. ‘Don’t be foolish, Catherine,’ she said. ‘Sensibility is very charming, but at this time it is out of place. These are facts, and we must face them. A verdict of murder against someone unknown has been passed upon Andrew’s body. Therefore until that murderer is found and brought to justice, this house, and everyone in it, will rem
