"Mr. Fenley was shot dead on his own doorstep," continued Eliza. Shegave proper emphasis to the concluding words. That a man should bemurdered "on his own doorstep" was a feature of the crime thatenhanced the tragedy in the public mind. The shooting was bad enoughin itself, for rural England is happily free from such horrors; butswift and brutal death dealt out on one's own doorstep was a thing atonce monstrous and awe-compelling. [Pg 118]Eliza, perhaps, wondered why Mr.Trenholme flushed, but she fully understood the sudden blanching ofhis face at her tidings, for all Roxton was shaken to its foundationswhen the facts slowly percolated in that direction.
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