Chapter 2 The 16th and 17th of July.

I had arrived at styles on the 5th of July.

I come now to the events of the 16th and 17th of that month.

For the convenience of the reader, I will recapitulate the incidents of those days in exact

a manner as possible.

They were elicited subsequently at the trial by a process of long and tedious cross-examinations.

I received a letter from Evelyn Howard a couple days after her departure telling me

she was working as a nurse at the big hospital in Midlingham, a manufacturing town some

15 miles away.

And begging me to let her know if Mrs. Inglethorpe should show any wish to be reconciled.

The only fly in the ointment of my peaceful days was Mrs. Cavendish's extraordinary and

for my part, unaccountable, preference for the society of Dr. Bauerstein.

What she saw on the man I cannot imagine, but she was always asking him up to the house

and often went for long expeditions with him.

I must confess that I was quite unable to see his attraction.

The 16th of July fell on a Monday.

It was a day of turmoil.

The famous Bazaar had taken place on Saturday, and an entertainment in connection with the

same charity at which Mrs. Inglethorpe was to recite a war poem was to be held that night.

We were all busy during the morning arranging and decorating the hall and the village where

it was to take place.

We had a late luncheon and spent the afternoon resting in the garden.

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