“What was her husband’s name?”
“Darcy—Tom Darcy. He was an Irishman, and I’ve heard he treated her very badly.”
“Do you know how long it was after her marriage that she left him?”
“I only know when I heard they were parted, and that was six or seven years after she ran away from Lausanne.”
“How long was that before the Squire’s death and the sale of the estate?”
“Nearly ten years, I should say.”
“That makes it about thirty-four years ago?”
“Yes, that’s about it.”
Theodore noted down the date in his book. He had heard all these things before now—loosely, and in a disjointed fashion—never having been keenly interested in the vicissitudes of the Strangways.
“Who was the man who took her away from her husband?”