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Black jealousy entered the heart of Mr. & Mrs. Sim. By secret messages, carried from Old Barton to The Twigs (now Applewood) by the gardener, they endeavored to entice Edith the General back...
Last year, the plotting Sims thought they saw their chance. Edith's pet cat died, and circumstantial evidence pointed to Herbert Mercer Stretch of The Twigs (now Applewood), as the killer. On April 12, 1934 Mr. & Mrs. Sim waited in their car until they saw Mr. & Mrs. Stretch depart for a day's shopping in Maidenhead. Then Mr. Sim crept...
...Come, Edith," he called. "Hurry up, I want you to come and talk to my solicitor about that cat of yours...
Without money, without luggage, still in her cap & apron, Edith the General was whisked in the car to Mrs. Sim's father-in-law's house at Maidenhead...
...cried Mrs. Sim. "Edith, consider yourself kidnapped...