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.. the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
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Carter. Carter. Pill. Pill.
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- Your name is Janet McKenzie?
- Aye, that's my name.
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- When did you first come to London?
- That was many years ago. 28 years ago.
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- Where do you live?
- Now that Mrs French, poor soul, is dead,
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I've moved in with my niece
at 19 Glenister Road.
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You were companion-housekeeper
to the late Mrs Emily French?
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I was her housekeeper!
I've no opinion of companions,
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poor feckless bodies, afraid
of a bit of honest domestic work.
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I meant you were on friendly terms, not
altogether those of mistress and servant.
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Aye. Ten years I was with her
and looked after her.
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She knew me and she trusted me.
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Many's the time
I prevented her doing a foolish thing.
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Please tell us, in your own words, about
the events of the evening of October 14.
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It was a Friday and my night out. I was
going to see my niece at Glenister Road,
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which is about five minutes' walk.
I left the house at half past seven.
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I promised to take her
a dress pattern that she admired.
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- Och, is this thing necessary?
- An excellent question.
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However, it has been installed at
considerable expense to the taxpayers,
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so let us take advantage of it.
Please continue.
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Well, when I got to my niece's,
I found I'd left the pattern behind.
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So after supper I slipped
back to get it as it was no distance.
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I got back to the house at 25 past 9.
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I let myself in
and went upstairs to my room.
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As I passed the sitting room, I heard the
prisoner in there, talking to Mrs French.
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No, it wasn't me! It wasn't my voice!
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Talking and laughing they were.
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But it was no business of mine,
so I went upstairs to fetch my pattern.
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Now, let us be very exact as to the time.
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You say that you
re-entered the house at 25 past 9?
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Aye. The pattern was on a shelf in my
room next to my clock so I saw the time.