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This witness spoke quietly, confidently, and her account of the newspaper parcel the man was carrying was perfectly clear and positive.
"It was a neat parcel," she said, "done up with string."
She had thought it an odd thing for a respectably dressed young man to carry such a parcel - that was what had made her notice it. But when pressed, she had to admit that it had been a very foggy night - so foggy that she herself had been afraid of losing her way, though every step was familiar.
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When the third woman went into the box, and with sighs and tears told of her acquaintance with one of the deceased, with Johanna Cobbett, there was a stir of sympathetic attention. But she had nothing to say throwing any light on the investigation, save that she admitted reluctantly that "Anny" would have been such a nice, respectable young woman if it hadn't been for the drink. Rembrandt Painting