Guidebook for the Dark Duke Chapter 18: Why did you fall?

Irrespective of the relationship between Evan and Duke Bruce, Sheriff Chandler put the investigation's attention on the new Miss Catherine without hesitation.

Miss Catherine is a true lady, her father is the son of an earl, and now serves in the House of Lords, so it seems that her background is much better than that of the doctor's daughter, Arya.

Miss Catherine stayed at the Drance Hotel in Derain Lier, located on the seafront in Delan Lier. The scenery was very beautiful. Sheriff Chandler was reluctant to face this noble lady alone, so she They dragged Evan along with him.

Evan couldn't help laughing. Since he met Sheriff Chandler, his own job has taken a back seat. Dean George looked at Evan with almost a bit of sadness.

"Good boy." Chandler patted George on the shoulder: "You will lend me this good pastor for a while, these ledgers will be done later, you know, what I do now But it's a matter of great importance to the whole of Derain."

George had no room to speak in front of Sheriff Chandler. He was not as authoritative as Mrs. Sanders, and finally nodded with a bitter face.

Sheriff Chandler and Evan took a carriage to the Drence Hotel, which is a newly opened hotel in Delence. It is gorgeously decorated, beautiful and comfortable, and it is the best hotel in the whole of Delence .

Sheriff Chandler asked the hotel manager for Miss Catherine's room number and went straight to Catherine's room. This was probably the last chance for Sheriff Chandler to prove his reasoning.

When Sheriff Chandler knocked on Catherine's door, Catherine had a surprised look on her face.

"Mr. Sheriff? Pastor Bruce? Are you... what's the matter?" Catherine's pretty face was hesitant.

Evan smiled and didn't speak. Sheriff Chandler had to say, "We want to ask you something about John."

Catherine's face flashed a complex look, neither sad nor resentful.

"Come in, please." Catherine stepped aside to let Evan and the Sheriff walk in.

Miss Catherine's room is the best room in Drence, the three suites are luxurious and exquisite, not like a hotel, but like a beautifully decorated apartment.

Miss Catherine invited Evan and the sheriff to sit down, and poured tea for them both. The mellow black tea leaves a fragrant aftertaste on the tongue.

"Miss Catherine." Sheriff Chandler did not appreciate the black tea, and immediately said after taking a sip: "I heard that you have a very close relationship with John, and I don't know if you have any concerns about his situation. Do you understand?"

When Katherine heard this sentence, a burst of anger suddenly appeared in her eyes: "I don't know where you heard the rumor, John and I are just friends, and I came to his funeral this time. is doing the duty of a friend."

Sheriff Chandler looked sharp: "Miss Catherine, I advise you not to lie to me. You must know that I am a policeman, and you should stop struggling with some things."

Catherine glanced at Sheriff Chandler almost resentfully, she gently invited her lower lip, her hands trembled slightly: "Since you already know, and asked me what to do, John refused to talk to me. Do you still expect me to be close to him?"

"Since you hate him so much, why did you come to his funeral?" Sheriff Chandler quickly caught the loophole in Miss Catherine's words.

Miss Catherine finally couldn't help collapsing. She stood up abruptly and turned around. With trembling fingers, she took out a cigarette and lit it.

Sheriff Chandler is an old-fashioned guy who was stunned to see this.

When Miss Catherine turned around, she was already in tears.

"Okay, since you want to ask me why, then I'll tell you." Miss Catherine raised her hand rudely and wiped the tears from her face: "Because I love him! I love him! Are you satisfied? !" she yelled at Sheriff Chandler almost hysterically.

"I've known him since he was in Cambridge, but it's an insult to me that he'd rather be with the daughter of a doctor who came out of nowhere! I'll never Forgive him!" Catherine's fingers were trembling and she could barely hold the cigarette, her face slightly grim.

Sheriff Chandler was stunned for a moment. He never knew that these seemingly gentle and noble ladies had such a side.

"You... don't get excited, I can understand your mood, but Mr. John is dead now, don't you have anything to say?" After a long silence, Sheriff Chandler finally spoke a little bit. said embarrassedly.

Catherine finally calmed down at this time, she put out the trembling cigarette **** in the ashtray, and sat down with her arms folded.

"What do you want to ask? Just say it." Catherine looked away and said coldly.

Sheriff Chandler looked back at Evan, Evan lowered his head and did not speak, Sheriff Chandler had to continue: "Do you know what happened to Mr. John? His depravity For what?"

Speaking of this, Miss Catherine's face twitched for a moment, but she calmed down again: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Sheriff Chandler was a little irritable for a while: "Miss Catherine, I remind you not to go around in circles with me. Otherwise, I can invite you to the police station no matter who your father is."

Catherine's eyes widened for a moment: "You can't do this to me! It's all his fault! If he hadn't humiliated me like that! I wouldn't have done that!"

Miss Catherine obviously misunderstood Sheriff Chandler's words, and Sheriff Chandler's eyes lit up and immediately said, "I don't care about this kind of thing, now that Mr. John is dead, my task is to Catch the prisoner, Miss Catherine, you are a lady, you should not want to go to prison, right?"

Catherine's expression suddenly became painful. She lowered her head and put her hand to her forehead. After being silent for a while, she finally said, "I will tell you everything I know, but John's death really has nothing to do with me."

Sheriff Chandler's heart was overjoyed, but his face pretended to be serious: "It depends on what you say."

"You will be satisfied." Catherine raised her head and said dryly: "John rejected my father's proposal at the time, I was very upset, I ran to ask him, but he said he liked Arya, I couldn't accept such a result, so I found someone to lure him into marrying an opium den, and he... succumbed to opium."

"What!" Sheriff Chandler almost jumped up in surprise: "Little John is infected with opium! This is impossible, the Lawrences will kill him!"

Speaking of this, Sheriff Chandler closed his mouth as if he was being strangled. He looked at Evan almost in horror, his expression was completely solemn, and Evan also had a look on his face. Surprisingly, he did not expect that she had actually guessed a part of Sheriff Chandler, this Miss Catherine is really not a good stubble.

"Don't you know?" Catherine looked at Sheriff Chandler with some doubts.

The sheriff laughed dryly: "I only know that John has the possibility of falling, but I don't know that he..."

At this time, Catherine finally realized that Sheriff Chandler had bombed her before, but now it was too late to say anything, she had to look at Sheriff Chandler with some annoyance: "You are really not an honest person. !”

Chandler's expression was very solemn at this time: "Is it wrong to tell some white lies in order to catch John's prisoner? It's you, you ruin John's life by doing this, don't you just Can it be called noble?"

Catherine's expression was a little stiff, but her eyes were stubborn: "He ruined my life, and I will ruin his! Because of him, my social circle in London has become a joke. Don't you need to be responsible?"

Sheriff Chandler couldn't help but sighed, there were some things outsiders really couldn't tell.

Finally, after Chandler and Evan said their goodbyes to Miss Catherine, they left the Durance Hotel.

Chandler's face was a little dignified. He quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, took a deep breath, and said, "I really suffocated me just now."

Evan stood calmly upwind and said solemnly, "What do you think of this Miss Catherine?"

Sheriff Chandler sighed: "This young lady is really amazing. Little John just refused to propose marriage, she would be so cruel, the Lawrence couple... ah!" Sheriff Chandler sighed again Take a breath.

Evan lowered his head and fiddled with his cuffs, and said in a low voice, "Now you should believe what I said, the Lawrences, the most suspect is now, you should overcome your inherent impression of the Lawrences, objectively Investigate this."

Sheriff Chandler threw away the cigarette **** in his hand, looking a little dejected: "I know, Pastor Bruce, I was too subjective before, thank you for your help."

Evan patted Sheriff Chandler on the shoulder with a smile and said nothing.

Sheriff Chandler sent Evan back to the church. Dean George was waiting anxiously at the door. Seeing Evan coming back, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Pastor Bruce, Mrs. Lawrence is here."

Evan and Sheriff Chandler, who was saying goodbye to him, froze.

"What's the matter with her...?" Evan asked hesitantly.

"She... seems to be asking you to expel the Hester family from the parish..." George agreed.

"Bullshit!" Evan said angrily. He did not expect Mrs. Lawrence to be so unreasonable.

"Dr. Hester and Miss Arya are both devout parishioners, how can I expel the believers of God!"

As soon as Evan's voice fell, Mrs. Lawrence walked out: "Pastor Bruce, John is dead. It's all Arya's fault. I must make him pay!"

"It's all the murderer's fault, how can you blame Miss Arya?" Sheriff Chandler said the truth.

Mrs. Lawrence's face was flushed and she was unable to utter a word.