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It is December the 4th,

in the gray light of dawn, a detective picks his way over a desolate hillside.

This is Newland's Corner, a beauty spot in the south of England just outside London.

The ground is waterlogged and strewn with jagged branches.

It's only four miles from the town of Guilford, but it feels like the wild and inhospitable landscape of a Gothic novel.

Accompanied by police constables, he trudges towards an abandoned car. The vehicle,

a Morris Cowley, has its bull-nosed bonnet buried in a thorn bush,

its headlamps glaring into the gloom.

Beyond the car lies the cliff edge of a chalk quarry

where the land drops away into a void.

Peering into the vehicle, he sees a fur coat on the back seat.

As he opens the door, he notices a small suitcase too.

He opens it up.

Inside is a random collection of women's clothing, an evening gown, a pullover, two pairs of almost

identical shoes.

He concludes that this woman packed in a hurry.

Then he notices a sticky patch on the steering wheel.

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