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Theresa Wright is her name, and the kind of maid you don't pick up nowadays. This way, Mr. Holmes, if you please!' THERESA WRIGHT IS HER NAME AND THE KIND OF MAID YOU DON'T PICK UP NOWADAYS THIS WAY MISTER HOLMES IF YOU PLEASE
e ever they came into the house,' said she. 'As I sat by my bedroom window I saw three men in the moonlight down by the lodge gate yonder, but I thought nothing of it at the time. It was more than an hour after that I heard my mistress scream, and down I ran, to find her, poor lamb, just as she says, and him on the floor, with his blood and brains over the room. It was enough to drive a woman out of her wits, tied there, and her very dress spotted with him, but she never wanted courage, did Miss Mary Fraser of Adelaide and Lady Brackenstall of Abbey Grange hasn't learned new ways. You've questioned her long enough, you gentlemen, and now she is coming to her own room, just with her old Theresa, to get the rest that she badly needs.' With a motherly tenderness the gaunt woman put her arm round her mistress and led her from the room. 'She had been with her all her life,' said Hopkins. 'Nursed her as a baby, and came with her to England when they first left Australia, eighteen months ago. D AT THE MAID I SAW THE MEN BEFORE THE EBB CAME IN THE HOUSE SAID SHE AS I SAT BY MY BEDROOM WINDOW I SAW THE THREE MEN IN THE MOONLIGHT DOWN BY THE LODGE GATE YONDER BUT I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME IT WAS MORE THAN AN HOUR AFTER THAT THAT I HEARD MY MISTRESS SCREAM AND DOWN I RAN TO FIND HER POOR LAMB JUST AS SHE SAYS AND HIM ON THE FLOOR WITH HIS BLOODENED BRAINS OVER THE ROOM IT WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE A WOMAN OUT OF HER WITS TIED THERE AND HER VERY DRESS SPOTTED WITH HIM BUT SHE NEVER WANTED COURAGE DID MISS MARY FRASER OF ADELAIDE AND LADY BRACKENSAW OF ABBEY GRANGE HAS NOT LEARNED NEW WAYS YOU'VE QUESTIONED HER LONG ENOUGH YOU GENTLEMEN AND NOW SHE'S COME INTO HER OWN ROOM JUST WITH HER OLD TERESA TO GET THE REST THAT SHE BADLY NEEDS WITH A MOTHERLY TENDERNESS THE GAUNT WOMAN PUT HER ARM ROUND HER MISTRESS AND LED HER FROM THE ROOM SHE'D BEEN WITH HER ALL HER LIFE SAID HOPKINS NURSED HER AS A BABY AND CAME WITH HER TO ENGLAND WHEN THEY FIRST LEFT AUSTRALIA EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO
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