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Fyne interruptednot easy to believe, that his wife and hiirl in every way--indeed they had! I did not doubt him for

a moment, of course, but my wonder at this was et, I knew nothing as yet of Mrs

Fyne's contact (it was hardlytheir exile at the Priory, in the cul days of that man's

fame

Fyne who had come over, it was clear, solely to talk to ave me the first hint of this initial, irl was quite a child then," he continued "Later on

she was reoverness--a very

unsatisfactory person," he explained His wife had then--h'ht of the child completely But after

the birth of Polly (Polly was the third Fyne girl) she did not get on

very well, and went to Brighton for soth--and there, one day in the street, the child (she wore her hair

down her back still) recognized her outside a shop and rushed, actually

rushed, into Mrs Fyne's ar the cold ioverness, his

wife naturally responded

He was solementary I broke in with the observation that it

ravity, stating in his bass tone-"Just before," and indulged hihty period of sole to Brighton for week-ends

regularly, then Must have been conscious already of the approaching

disaster Mrs Fyne avoided being drawn into overness person, very jealous of any

outside influence But in any case it would not have been an easy