The Scarlet Godwins - Sixteen

Otto releases Marley from her vow. At this she goes into over-drive. In her sixteenth letter she uses every foul word she can think of. She explains that because her letters are being vetted she can’t write what she really wants to write. Otto simply has to visit. She tells him that she lied during her trial, so the jury wouldn’t know about the raging row she’d had with Charlotte, the day Charlotte died. As Otto recalls this, his thoughts turn again to Eve Gillian’s case, which was also about the difficulty of lying in court. But for a short conversation with Emilia Godwin, Otto would have closed Marley’s file then and there. He recalls it was at this point in his life, that person he’s been talking to in his head all along, gets in touch.