Detective and mystery stories; English fiction -- 19th century
The mode of Madame R**'s death does not in any degree shake my
confidence in my former opinion, as such an occurrence might have
happened, though by no means likely to do so, to any one in the habit
of walking in their sleep, a propensity which in Madame R**'s case I
had no means of ascertaining. I have been enabled to be thus precise
in my statement, from the fact that the interesting nature of the case
led me to make a special memorandum of it in my diary, from which the
above is taken. I shall therefore have no difficulty in confirming any
portion of it upon oath.
5. _Statement of Mrs. Throgmorton._
Mrs. Throgmorton presents her compliments to Mr. R. Henderson, and
begs to inform him that the girl Sarah Newman, who is still in her
service, and continues to give entire satisfaction in every way, came
to her about Christmas, 1854, with a written character from the Baron
R**, then residing at Bognor, and with whom she had been as housemaid
and parlourmaid for some weeks. The character given by the Baron was
a most satisfactory one, but on Mrs. Throgmorton's desiring to know
the reason of Sarah Newman's leaving the situation, she was informed
by the Baron that it was on account of her having played a foolish
trick upon her late mistress by administering an emetic to her without
authority, a highly reprehensible proceeding, which rendered Mrs.
Throgmorton very much indisposed to receive her into her family. On
further correspondence with Sarah Newman's late master, however, Mrs.
Throgmorton received the impression that the fault had, in point of
fact, been chiefly on the side of Madame R**, though, of course, as a
gentleman, impossible to say so directly with respect to his own wife,
and Mrs. Throgmorton therefore agreed to take Sarah Newman on trial,
as she appeared truly penitent for her most reprehensible conduct,
and has since proved a very valuable servant in every respect. Mrs.
Throgmorton trusts that this information will be satisfactory to Mr.
Henderson, as he appears interested in Sarah Newman's welfare, in whom
Mrs. Throgmorton herself takes great interest.
Cliftonville.
6. _Statement of Mr. Andrews._
"SIR,
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