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Hazeldene's death, only to plunge that same mystery, later on, into denser gloom than before. "The first witness at the inquest was, of course, Mr. Hazeldene himself. I think every one's sympathy went out to the young man as he stood before the coroner and tried to throw what light he could upon the mystery.
Your affectionate daughter, Elizabeth. Hazeldene Court, Tuesday, 9th August. Dearest Mamma, There is a huge party here for the Horse Show, and I daresay I shall enjoy myself. We had no sooner got into the station at Paddington than in the distance I caught sight of Lord Valmond.
And she could not understand what the men saw to admire in a low person like that. But I can see very well, Mamma, she is as pretty as can be, and probably the men don't notice about the lace being common, and all the colours, and those things. I must go down to dinner now, so good-bye, dear Mamma. Your affectionate daughter, Elizabeth. Hazeldene Court, Thursday, 11th August.
Hazeldene had nothing to add to the statements he had made at the coroner's inquest. He had last seen his wife alive on the morning of the fatal day. She had seemed very well and cheerful. "I think every one present understood that he was trying to say as little as possible that could in any way couple his deceased wife's name with that of the accused.
Arthur Jones, the lady's usual medical man, who had attended her in a last very slight illness, and who had seen her in a professional capacity fairly recently, declared most emphatically that Mrs. Hazeldene suffered from no organic complaint which could possibly have been the cause of sudden death. Moreover, he had assisted Mr.
Edward Sholto Hazeldene was a poor shipper's clerk when he married the daughter of a wealthy builder in Kensington and then I made note of the fact that the disconsolate widower had allowed his beard to grow since the death of his wife. "There's no doubt that he was a clever rogue," added the strange creature, leaning excitedly over the table, and peering into Polly's face.
Hazeldene had recognized his wife. "I am waxing melodramatic," said the man in the corner, who looked up at Polly with a mild and gentle smile, while his nervous fingers vainly endeavoured to add another knot on the scrappy bit of string with which he was continually playing, "and I fear that the whole story savours of the penny novelette, but you must admit, and no doubt you remember, that it was an intensely pathetic and truly dramatic moment.
He really seemed so penitent, and he does dance so beautifully, and he is so tall and nice in his pink coat; and, besides, I remembered his dinner with Aunt Maria, and how nasty I had been to him at Hazeldene!
"The coroner was, of course, very considerate to the bereaved husband. He tried by circumlocution to get at the point he wanted, namely, Mrs. Hazeldene's mental condition lately. Mr. Hazeldene seemed loath to talk about this. No doubt he had been warned as to the existence of the small bottle found in his wife's satchel.
Paul's Churchyard, in which case she would take a ticket to Aldersgate Street; but I cannot say. "'Now, Mr. Hazeldene, said the coroner at last very kindly, 'will you try to tell me if there was anything in Mrs. Hazeldene's life which you know of, and which might in some measure explain the cause of the distressed state of mind, which you yourself had noticed?
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