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 stated then that I first learned of this paper and its contents on May eleventh. I can add nothing to that."

"Did you ever suspect the relationship of your husband to Mr. Wing prior to the eleventh of this month, when you saw this paper?"

"I did not."

"Would a knowledge of that relationship, if you had known it while he was living, have changed in any way your feeling towards Mr. Wing?"

The witness paused as if she would question her own heart before answering, and the coroner waited patiently, with apparent understanding of the need. A hush fell on the room, like that which had followed the reading of the remarkable paper. Then Mrs. Parlin looked directly at the coroner and answered distinctly and without a tremor in her voice:

"I think it would."

"Thank you," said the coroner. "I am sorry if I have in any way disturbed you unnecessarily in this examination. I know that you believe I have aimed simply at my duty."