 Her unexplained absence caused a press sensation.Every newspaper knew the rumours linking Keeler with Profumo, but refrained from reporting any direct connection; in the wake of the Radcliffe inquiry they were, in Wigg's later words, "willing to wound but afraid to strike".They could only hint, by front-page juxtapositions of stories and photographs, that Profumo might be connected to Keeler's disappearance.