Being the woman she was, she would have done so anyway, but I know now that by then her feelings were so mixed up that she could never have stayed away. She already felt guilty about stealing his idea for her book, but now she was burdened by something far more terrible, for she had found out that her lover had murdered her brother. (How I know of this, I shall tell later.) Mr Nicholls has since told me that it was not his intent that she should know anything about what he had in mind, for he knew that nobody could be trusted with that kind of secret. He had therefore gone about his plan with care and very quietly. After much thought, he had decided that the only way to kill Master Branwell was by means of poison, but knowing that to buy it in Haworth was out of the question he went to Halifax to do so, and did it under another name and dressed as quietly as possible. In order to account for his absence, he had given it out that he was going to visit his friend, Mr Grant, who was the curate in the next parish, but he was undone by one of those strange chances that no one can foresee.
What do You think about The Crimes Of Charlotte Bronte?
