"But this, as we know, is what happened. Mrs. Inglethorp reads
it, and becomes aware of the perfidy of her husband and Evelyn
Howard, though, unfortunately, the sentence about the bromides
conveys no warning to her mind. She knows that she is in
danger--but is ignorant of where the danger lies. She decides to
say nothing to her husband, but sits down and writes to her
solicitor, asking him to come on the morrow, and she also
determines to destroy immediately the will which she has just
made. She keeps the fatal letter."
"It was to discover that letter, then, that her husband forced
the lock of the despatch-case?"
"Yes, and from the enormous risk he ran we can see how fully he
realized its importance. That letter excepted, there was
absolutely nothing to connect him with the crime."
"There's only one thing I can't make out, why didn't he destroy
it at once when he got hold of it?"
"Because he did not dare take the biggest risk of all--that of
keeping it on his own person."
"I don't understand.
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