"The Widow" Bertha

That night.

Sitting opposite Bertha, Miss Jane Eyre couldn't help saying, "Bertha, how do you know that half of the people are lying?"

"Ok?"

Bertha, who was flipping through the transcript, looked up: "I don't know."

Jane Eyre:"……"

Bertha: "I'm bluffing and scaring them. On the premise that I can't collude and ask them individually, I also gave them the opportunity to make up for their lies. How would they know who is lying?"

After all, isn't it the basic skill of werewolf killing to pretend that you have mastered everything and make false attempts.

This trick is quite easy to use. Among the new statements recorded by the magistrate, there are indeed many people who took the initiative to confess that their first statement was wrong.It’s not a particularly big problem, either it’s just a fear of seeing the murder, and I pick it up out of self-preservation; or there is a memory error, the two confessions are different, and I can’t guarantee which one is accurate .

In Bertha's view, even if they told the truth, their actions that night were not enough to constitute doubts.

Her purpose was not to catch these people, but to compare the details in the two transcripts.

"It's good that you have rearranged the transcript," Bertha praised.

"……thanks."

I have to say that Miss Jane Eyre is indeed a very organized person.

Time was running out, and the record of the magistrate was a little messy. Jane Eyre frowned slightly after getting it, and then took the initiative to copy a copy without Bertha's words. People are pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, it is comfortable to talk and do things with wise people, Bertha couldn't help sighing.

She quickly browsed through the transcript, then looked up: "Who do you think has a problem?"

Miss Jane Eyre showed a surprised look: "Are you asking for my opinion?"

Bertha: "Of course, it's just the two of us. It's okay for you to talk about what you think."

Miss Jane Eyre, who had always been willing to hide in the corner of the living room without making a sound, was somewhat flattered.

You know no one cares what a governess thinks, and when Bertha comes along, she keeps saying she's going to depend on her help--though Jane doesn't think she needs her own help.

Even now, he asked his own opinion, how could Jane have experience in solving crimes.

But she did not shirk this respect from Bertha, but thought for a moment, and replied seriously: "The two gentlemen who communicated with you yesterday are all suspects."

"Well, indeed."

Bertha glanced at the transcript in her hand: "I didn't expect the rumors to spread from Mr. Ashton's mouth."

Mr. Ashton was one of the guests who lamented the difficulty of Sherlock Holmes yesterday. According to his notes, Mr. Ashton was still a local official. No wonder he knew the brother of the great detective.

Even when "Miss Marple" arrives, he still insists that the murderer is the madman hiding in the attic.When the magistrate asked him how he knew it, Mr. Ashton replied, "The servants say so."

"It is impossible for the servants to tell the guests this kind of thing," Miss Jane Eyre was very sure. "If you hadn't sent the invitation yourself, Bertha, even I would not know that you really existed."

In the original "Jane Eyre", the heroine didn't know the truth about the mad woman until she and Rochester got married in the church.

Rochester was very careful, he could not let his servants talk badly in front of the guests.

"Besides," added Jane Eyre, "Colonel Dent is lying."

"Yes."

Bertha noticed too.

Colonel Dent said that he drank a few glasses of red wine the night before the incident and went to bed early.But according to the maid Leah's notes, she clearly heard a quarrel between Colonel Dent and Miss Ingram at ten minutes before midnight.

"And..." Jane Eyre hesitated for a moment.

"And Mr. Henry Lynn and Miss Mary Ingram, eh?" Bertha spoke for her.

Jane Eyre nodded silently.

These two are even more interesting.

Mr. Henry Lynn directly told the magistrate that Miss Mary Ingram was the murderer. She was jealous of her sister who was beautiful and popular for a long time, so she had the most direct motive for killing.

And as it so happened, Miss Mary Ingram said the same thing about Mr. Henry Lynn.She complained to the magistrate while crying, saying that Henry Lynn had failed to propose to her sister, so he must have a grudge, and the motive for killing was quite sufficient.

"Are you accusing each other of being a suspect?" Bertha hooked her lips, "Interesting."

"What are you going to do, Bertha?" asked Jane.

"Put these confessions out tomorrow," she replied, "and see how they react."

To be reasonable, Bertha has no real criminal investigation experience, and she is not a genius, and she can show off the audience with a basic deduction as soon as she travels through the scene.

But Bertha is a reporter, and she knows how a person reacts when his self-interest is threatened—

In short, it's not enough to settle the case, it's okay to have a real werewolf kill!Bertha could not believe that the murderer could still sit still.

"This……"

However, her thoughts brought Miss Jane Eyre a look of disapproval.

Bertha: "If you have any ideas, just say it. There are only you and me here. If words don't spread, nothing can be counted."

Then Jane opened her mouth in a low voice: "Such behavior, isn't it sowing discord and destroying the friendship of others?"

Bertha could not help laughing.

"The murderer is hidden among them," Bertha said with a smile. "If you want to destroy the friendship of others, the murderer is the first, right?"

"..."

Miss Jane Eyre seemed unmoved, but she could find no objection.

"Then Bertha," she asked, "who do you think the murderer is?"

"Presupposing the murderer is a taboo in investigating cases."

Bertha lazily leaned back on the chair and said, "If I presuppose a person in my heart, then he will act as if he is suspected of everything. As a person who follows the clues, I must be neutral and impartial."

This made Miss Jane Eyre, who was sitting opposite her, look up suddenly.

"So," she wondered, "were you really involved in the investigation, Bertha?"

She is curious.

Curious about Bertha's identity, curious about her past and experiences, even more curious about how a sane and normal human being would willingly hide in the dark and cramped attic of the manor, allowing rumors from the outside world to spread quietly.

After all, she was still young, and Bertha looked at Miss Jane Eyre's radiant eyes without feeling offended in the slightest.On the contrary, she even found such a lively young girl particularly pleasing to the eye.

She hasn't stepped out of the attic much since she traveled through time.In the lifeless Thornfield Manor, this kind of vitality is very rare.

"Want to know about my past?"

Bertha said casually: "Is there still a relationship with Edward?"

Miss Jane Eyre froze when she heard the words, raised her eyes and unconsciously lowered them.

With this look, I'm afraid she already has a general idea in her mind.

Bertha didn't care, it was not she but Rochester who was afraid of Jane Eyre knowing the truth.She wished that this young girl could know the marital status of her sweetheart - love should be honest with each other, right?Rochester's EQ and courage are not even as good as this penniless girl in front of him.

But promised Rochester, Bertha will not take the initiative to inform Jane Eyre.

"I'm investigating a case," so she didn't answer directly, "You can also investigate my past, Jane. Since you like dramas with twists and turns so much, why not enjoy the process? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Jane, who was sitting opposite, pursed her lips.

She didn't smile, but her eyes suddenly lit up gave Bertha the answer—the girl in front of her accepted her challenge.

"You are such a..."

After a while, Jane Eyre took the initiative to break the silence: "A rather unique lady, Bertha."

"Thank you for your compliment," said Bertha, smiling, "I appreciate it—"

"—Miss Marple?"

Along with knocks on the door, a man's voice came from outside the door, interrupting their conversation.

Ok?

It's getting late now, and someone would come to the door on his own initiative?

Bertha glanced at the nervous Miss Jane Eyre, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't worry, it won't be the attacker."

Even if the murderer himself came to the door, it would not be easy to attack two women silently—this is the Victorian period, how could the sound insulation of the manor house in the [-]th century be better?But a scream from Verbertha or Miss Jane Eyre is enough to alert others to seize the act.

Therefore, Bertha was not afraid that the murderer would attack at this juncture, but...

To visit the person who pursued the case at this juncture?

"It should be to investigate the situation, it doesn't matter."

While comforting Jane Eyre, Bertha opened the door.

Standing in front of the door was Colonel Dent.

Sure enough, he had no intention of attacking Bertha.The officer in his thirties was tall and straight, with a calm posture. When Bertha looked directly into his eyes, he returned his calm eyes frankly.

"What is the matter, Colonel?" asked Bertha.

The man in front of him lowered his head.

"Please allow me to get straight to the point, Miss Marple," he said. "Since we are acquainted with Holmes, we won't be humiliating ourselves. Miss, have you found any useful clues?"

"Yes, I have."

Bertha could clearly feel Miss Jane Eyre's burning eyes behind her. These words should definitely not be said to one of the suspects, but Bertha still pulled out a mocking smile fearlessly: "For example, Ingram Miss is poisoned by cyanide, and for example, some of the guests at Thornfield Manor have questionable confessions."

"Let me guess."

Even if Bertha's hostility was undisguised, Colonel Dent had no intention of shrinking from anger.Instead he smiled: "There's me, Mr. Ashton, and Henry Lynn and Mary Ingram, isn't it?"

Bertha was taken aback.

This... what's the situation?

"Looks like I guessed right."

Colonel Dent's smile remained unchanged, but his expression dimmed.

"I confess to you, Miss Marple," he said, "that the four guests you suspect, including me, are in fact murderers."

The author has something to say: Bertha: ? ? ?As for the agreed Agatha-style detective, you just gave me a showdown at the beginning, playing ball? ? ? ?

Yes, a case with the same beginning as Mary’s is not considered a formal case. Let’s draw the main line and write serious words to solve the case... How many chapters can I get to escape!

Bertha: But I had a good time (whispers)

#今日BERTHA pissed off her ex-husband, not yet#

Bertha: He doesn't have a part in the show, let him have a big one in the next round, hee hee.jpg.