"Mr. Downing, your guess is correct. It was indeed me, Mrs. Camper and Miss Howard who conspired to kill Mr. Campel!" Faced with Tangning's question, Joanna replied calmly.
To be honest, Tangning was a little surprised by Joanna's frankness, but he still asked, "Why did you want to kill Mr. Camper?"
"Because he always wants to violate me and threatens me that if I don't agree to be his lover, he will ruin my reputation and make me no longer able to find a job as a tutor in London!" Joanna explained.
Tangning could understand this answer. Firstly, Joanna was indeed very beautiful, and secondly, for a home piano teacher, reputation was indeed very important.
"But if that's the case, why do Sister Scarlett want to help you?" Tangning asked in confusion.
"Mr. Downing, have you forgotten? What I just said is that we conspired to kill Mr. Camper!" Joanna emphasized.
Tangning replied with some embarrassment: "Ah, yes, yes, I'm sorry, I forgot, but why did Sister Scarlett kill Mr. Camper?"
Joanna raised a finger and said: "First, Mr. Camper also wants to violate Miss Howard. Second, he is very dissatisfied with Madam and her family for hanging around and eating and drinking for free. Third, Sister Scarlett Want to turn Cawnpore into Howards End!”
"Oh, so that's it!" Tangning suddenly realized. This reminded him that Scarlett had indeed borrowed money from him and complained about her brother-in-law, Mr. Camper.
But he still had a question that he didn't understand: "Although I know why the Scarlett sisters wanted to kill Mr. Camper, why did they conspire with you? Isn't it better that the fewer people know about this kind of thing?"
"Because Scarlett found my diary and saw my plan to murder Mr. Campbell!" Joanna replied somewhat depressedly.
Tangning frowned and asked, "Then there's no need for them to take action. They can just wait for you to kill Mr. Camper!"
"Because I just made this plan and didn't take action! And they should be eager to kill Mr. Kanpur in the near future, so they found me to join forces with me to do this, and then I will bear the charge of murder, but they will He helped me escape and arranged my life after arriving in the United States, and also gave me a sum of money!" Joanna explained.
"Then what if you don't agree? Because if they kill Mr. Camper, it will also achieve their goal for you!" Tangning asked.
Joanna sighed and said: "If I don't agree, they will make the diary public. Not only will I suffer revenge from Mr. Camper, but I will also not be able to stay in London, so I can only cooperate with them." plan of."
"Is this what the whole thing looks like?" Tang Ning confirmed.
Joanna nodded and replied: "Yes, that's all!"
"Then I have one last question left. Although I do have suspicions, you can deny them all. After all, I have no evidence!" Tangning asked curiously.
"First, Mr. Tangning, you can report my identity to the London police. They may send people to arrest me. Then I won't be able to stay in the United States."
At this point, Joanna changed the topic and said with an ambiguous smile: "If I guess correctly, you are Miss Scarlett's lover, so you will definitely help her hide it, right?"
Tangning stood up noncommittally and said, "I will send a telegram to Scarlett to verify this matter!"
"Mr. Tangning, will you still let me teach piano at your home?" Joanna asked from behind.
Tangning paused for a moment, then replied: "If what you said is true, then yes!"
But as soon as she walked out of the room, Tangning turned around again and said to Joanna, "Don't talk to anyone about this matter!"
"Don't worry, how could I spread the word that I am a murderer?" Joanna replied with a smile.
Originally, Joanna was a little worried about whether Tang Ning would leave her behind, but to her surprise, in the following days, Tang Ning acted as if she didn't know about it and didn't mention it a word.
It wasn't until the relationship between the two changed and Joanna asked out of curiosity that Tangning replied, "Actually, I didn't send Scarlett a message at all!"
"Why not ask?" Joanna asked puzzledly.
"Because it's better to be unclear about some things than to be clear about them!" Tang Ning replied calmly.
Of course, Joanna didn't know that Tang Ning had this idea at this time. In fact, Tang Ning had another thing to be busy with at this time, so she didn't have time to investigate this matter.
"Tony, have you heard? Paul is not dead?!" On this day, Jonathan suddenly came over and said mysteriously.
"What?! Paul isn't dead?!" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed.
Jonathan nodded and replied: "Yes, at that time everyone thought he was killed in the Battle of Yorktown, but in fact his body was not found, it was just missing, and it was recently found in a small village nearby.
he!"
"But it's been several years. Since he's still alive, why didn't he come back?" Tangning asked in confusion.
"Because he has lost his memory!" Jonathan replied solemnly.
"Lost, amnesia?!" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed again.
"Yes, he just lost his memory. Now he doesn't even know that he is called Paul Maxi. He only recognizes the name his wife gave him, Jimmy Connolly."
Before Jonathan could finish speaking, Tangning interrupted: "Wait a minute, his wife?"
Jonathan explained: "Paul was probably injured in the battle and suffered amnesia. He was rescued by a nearby girl named Aubrey Zito. They got married soon after because Paul couldn't remember his name.
, so Zito named him Jimmy Connolly!"
Although all this sounds very logical, Tangning still sighed: "Why does it sound so like the plot in a novel?"
"It does look like the plot in a novel, but this is the fact!" Jonathan emphasized.
"By the way, Jonathan, where did you hear about this?" Tangning asked curiously.
"One of Paul's comrades accidentally met him when he went to the Yorktown Market to buy things. The person responsible for coming over to inform Mr. Maxey about this incident happened to be my comrade, so he told me when he came to visit me.
Said it!" Jonathan explained.
"Oh, that's it, then why not just send Paul over?" Tangning asked again.
Jonathan waved his hands and said: "Because he doesn't want to come over. He said he lives very happily in the village, so Mr. Maxey has no choice but to go to Yorktown to see Paul by himself!"
"No, I have to go see him too!" Tangning stood up and said.
"I knew you would definitely visit Paul after hearing the news about him. Here, this is his current address!" With that said, Jonathan handed over a note.
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