Plot thickens. A couple of witnesses come forward who seem to corroborate Betty Kane's story. One says he saw her get in a car like Marion's. The other is a former maid of Marion who insists she heard screams from upstairs. (She was sacked for theft so it's a little tricky.) In favor of Marion is the fact that the girl describes the circular driveway even though she could not have seen it from her prison window. Marion and her mother are served with a summons to appear in court, so Scotland Yard believes it has enough. Not sure what will come. Marion talks about wishing she could "torture" the girl because of her anger. Hmmm. Odd thing to say if you have been accused of beating the very same girl. Robert remains convinced of the innocence of the two, yet there is the hint that the two women living alone have become quite eccentric.
PUPPY Dysfunctional family has puppy that they need to get rid of. Mom places ad; family is coming over. Description of family. Mom: husband changed from long-haired attractive to stooped old man. Husband: talks constantly of living on a farm and doing what needs to be done, though he never lived on a farm. Conversations together: Sell and move to Arizona, get hooked on phonics for kids, buying a car wash. . . wonderful randomness. Straight-laced suburbanite comes to look at puppy. Seems like she will buy it, even though she is repelled by house. (Dog turds on carpet, filthy.) She is proud of how accepting she is until she looks out window and sees white trash's son tied by harness to a tree. Reader knows he is a menace to himself, darting across I-90, for example. Suburban mother beats hasty retreat, leaving dog to be (probably) drowned by dad who does what has to be done. Suburbanite remembers her own pathetic ch...
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