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I 'll see them and give them something that will carry the story further . Remember , you must n't make any statement whatsoever . '' I obeyed him , and although the reporters followed me about all the morning , and outside the house the police had difficulty in preventing a crowd assembling , I refused to express any opinion or describe anything I had witnessed . At eleven o'clock I received a wire from Sir Bernard at Hove as follows : -- `` Much shocked at news . Unfortunately very unwell , but shall endeavour to be with you later in the day . '' At mid-day I called at the neighbour 's house close to Kew Gardens Station , where the widow and her sister had taken refuge . Mrs. Courtenay was utterly broken down , for Ethelwynn had told her the terrible truth that her husband had been murdered , and both women pounced upon me eagerly to ascertain what theory the police now held .