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interviewed and searched,
22
-4,
33

kisses corpse,
25
-6,
31

gives evidence,
28
-9,
116
,
118
,
139

and Constance Kent,
30
-1,
35
,
149

suspicion of,
34
-5,
80
,
86
,
126
-9,
145
-6,
164
-6,
169
-70

apprehended,
34
-7,
43

reexamined and released,
61
-2

character,
129

and insanity,
137

as object of sexual fantasy,
146

leaves Kent family's employ,
181

re-arrested and examined,
183
-8

continuing suspicion of,
189
-90,
200
-1,
242

and Constance Kent's confession,
235
-7

fund established for,
253
;

marriage,
262

Gough, Sarah,
136

Governess Life
,
145
-6

Gray, Amy,
267
,
276

Gray's Inn Road,
49

Gream, Katharine,
227
,
232
,
234
-5,
238
-9,
253
,
262

Great Barrier Reef,
285
,
287

Great Exhibition,
109

Great Western Railway,
xix
,
xxiii

Green, Elizabeth (
nee
Harding),
56
,
262

Greenacre, James,
69

Greenhill, Joseph,
14

Grey, Sir George,
240
,
253

Griffiths, Major Arthur,
277
-9

Groser, Albert,
86
,
181

Guildford,
165

Hall, Ann,
13
,
19

Halliday, Mary,
212
-15

Hamburg,
212

Hampshire,
265
,
286
-7

Handcock, Chief Superintendent John,
123
,
201

Hanover Square,
167

hansom cabs,
48

Harcourt, Sir William Vernon,
280
-1

Hardy, Thomas,
296

Harris, Mrs,
232

Harris, Superintendent,
232
,
234

Hatch, Rev.,
122
-3

Hatherill, Louisa,
124
,
153
,
241
,
248

Havana,
74
,
290

Hawthorne, Nathaniel,
176

Hayward, W.S.,
187

Heenan, John,
124

Henry, Sir Thomas,
227
-32

Herbert, Frederick,
97

Heritage, Ann,
13
,
20

Heritage, PC Henry,
13
,
21
,
108

Hobart,
283
,
288

Holborn,
46
,
48
-9,
57
,
79
,
119
,
121
-3

Holcombe, James,
4
-5,
8
-10,
12
-13,
26
,
101

Holcombe, Mary,
15
,
24

Holley, Hester,
5
,
28
,
31
,
33
,
129
,
138
-9,
153
,
167
,
171
,
237

Holley, Martha,
28
,
31
-2,
237

Holliwell, James,
267

Holliwell, Sarah,
161
,
267
,
276

Holloway,
240

Holmes, Sherlock,
see
Conan Doyle, Arthur

Holywell Street,
161
-3,
225
,
267

Home Office,
33
,
39
,
51
,
74
n,
166
,
270

homes and families, Victorian,
37
-8,
99
,
109
-11,
156
-7,
220

Hood, Edwin Paxton,
242

Horsemonger Lane gaol,
181

House of Commons,
173
,
225
,
241

House-hold Words,
xxi
,
146

Hughes, William,
208

Hull,
214

Hunter Place station house,
47
,
57

Hutchinson, Jonathan,
296
-7

Huxley, Thomas,
271
,
286

Hyde Park,
106

Indian Mutiny,
267

insanity,
80
,
172
-3

and McNaghten rule,
136

in
Lady Audley's Secret
,
218

women and,
243
-4

and syphilis,
297

Ireland,
180
,
211
,
248

Isle of Wight,
106
,
278

Isleworth,
36
,
129
,
181
,
183
,
190
,
235

'Jack the Ripper',
277

James, Henry,
104
,
219
,
270
,
278

The Turn of the Screw
,
xi
-xii,
205
,
301

The Princess Casamassima
,
261

What Maisie Knew
,
295

Janin, Jules,
158

Jersey,
69

Johnson, Samuel,
176

Johnston, Mrs,
134
-5

Kenealy, Edward,
266

Kensington Gardens,
49

Kent, Acland Saville,
159
,
270
,
283
-4,
288

Kent, Constance Emily,
3
,
5
,
7

learns of missing brother,
11
,
87

and nightdress,
21
,
26
,
28
,
67
-8,
80
,
87
,
118
-19,
129
,
137
-42,
153
,
168
,
176
-7,
180
,
186
,
200
,
237
-9,
257
259

gives evidence,
29
-30,
107

and Gough,
31
,
35

and insanity,
33
,
80
,
94
,
102
,
125
,
137
,
143
,
243
-5,
258
,
300

her bedroom,
64
,
67

birth,
72

and stepmother,
73
-4,
243
-4,
251
,
254
-9,
280
,
291
-6,
302

schooling,
78
,
292
,
294
-5

and Whicher's suspicions,
86
-7,
94
-5,
103
-5,
115
-6,
137
-42,
170
,
201

and William,
87
,
91
-5,
101
,
107
,
124
-5,
232
244
251
288
-9,
294
-5,
299
-302

flight to Bath,
91
-3,
95
,
107
,
143
,
300
-1

and Saville,
93
-4,
107
,
118
,
143
,
149
-50,
152
,
156

and Madeleine Smith trial,
104
-5,
107

arrested,
115
-20,
223

strength,
124
,
126

in gaol,
129
-31

examined,
147
-55,
177

freed on bail,
155
-6

continuing suspicion of,
158
,
189
,
200
,
220

and examination of Gough,
185
-6

offers of marriage,
189

rumours concerning,
207
,
209

attends French finishing school,
209
,
211
,
223

kindness to children,
211

depicted in
Lady Audley's Secret
,
217
-18

enters convent,
224

confession of murder,
227
-40,
298
-302

trial,
240
,
247
-50

murder motive,
243
-4,
251
,
254
-9,
280
,
299
,
302

sentence commuted,
252
-3

her account of the murder,
254
-9

imprisoned,
261
-2,
278
-81

petitions for release,
273
,
279
-81,
291

mosaics,
278
,
288

failing health,
279
-80

released from gaol,
281
,
288

life in Australia,
288
-90

death,
290

and Sydney letter,
291
-6,
301

Kent, Edward,
71
,
73
-4

and Saville's paternity,
74
-5

daguerrotype,
290

account in Sydney letter,
292

Kent, Elizabeth,
3
,
5
,
7
,
11
,
17
,
101

and nightdress,
26
,
138
-9

birth,
71

and father's remarriage,
73
-4

and examination of Gough,
184
-6

moves to London,
271

death,
288

account in Sydney letter,
292

Kent, Elizabeth (
nee
Bennett),
273
,
275

Kent, Ellen,
72

Kent, Eveline,
3
,
6
-7,
9
-10,
17
,
26
,
150
,
181
,
186
,
270

paternity,
75

life in Australia,
283
,
288
-9

Kent, Florence Saville,
211
,
271
,
283
,
288
-9

Kent, Francis Saville,
see
Kent, Saville

Kent, Henry Saville,
72

Kent, John Saville,
72

Kent, Julia,
72

Kent, Mary (
nee
Pratt),
3
,
6
-8,
26
,
31
,
108

learns of missing child,
10
-14

learns of murder,
18
-20

her suspicions,
34

pregnancy and labour,
36
,
62
,
159
,
170

as governess,
72
-3,
291
-6

marriage,
73
,
127

and younger and older children,
73
-4,
87
,
94
-5,
124
-5,
240

stillborn child,
73
,
75

and Saville's paternity,
74
-5

and first Mrs Kent's death,
102

and Madeleine Smith trial,
104
-5

suspects Constance,
129

and Gollop's evidence,
144
-5

suspicion of,
166
,
170

and examination of Gough,
184
,
186

defends husband,
190

further pregnancy,
209

and Constance's trial,
247

failing health and death,
270
,
297
-8

account in Sydney letter,
291
-6

and syphilis,
297
-8

Kent, Mary Amelia Saville,
3
,
6
,
11
,
26
,
181
,
270

birth,
74

attempted interview,
183

and examination of Gough,
185

life in Australia,
283
,
289
n

receives legacy,
288

her daughter Olive,
289
-90

Kent, Mary Ann,
3
,
5
,
7
,
11
,
17
,
101

and nightdress,
24
,
26
,
28
,
32
,
129
,
138
-9

interviewed,
36

birth,
71

and father's remarriage,
73
-4,
240

and examination of Gough,
184

and Saunders' inquiry,
195

and Constance's trial,
247
-8

moves to London,
271

death,
288

account in Sydney letter,
292

Kent, Mary Ann (
ne'e
Livesey),
275
,
285

Kent, Mary Ann (
ne'e
Windus),
5
,
32
,
35
,
64
,
94

marriage,
71

and insanity,
71
-2,
80
,
102
,
144
-5,
252
,
292
,
295
,
297
-8

death,
73
-4,
295
,
297

portrait,
290

and syphilis,
297

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