Cill's

"So unless they were even more negligent than I painted them," he said lightly, "which will be hotly disputed by my friend here, then Louise is lying and Cill was never there or — and this is Andrew's view — Grace cleaned the house of Cill's presence her­self."

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She's the only one who had anything to lose if Grace spoke to the police about Cill's continued disappearance.

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Free of Cill's influence, Louise reverted to dressing appropri­ately for a thirteen-year-old, and the brief flurry of truanting that had brought her to the unwelcome attention of her headmistress ceased abruptly.

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Compare: "Three teenage boys ... matched descriptions given by one of her [Cill's] school friends ..." with Jean Trevelyan's claim: "One of her friends told the police she was gang raped ..."

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I have failed dismally to make a connection between Cill's story and Howard's, although I have noted the skinny, ginger-haired "rapist."

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Their father was already furious that Louise had been questioned about Cill's disappearance.

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"They've gone," she whispered, stealing her small hand into Cill's.

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I confirm that I know nothing about Cill's disappearance and that I am ignorant of her current whereabouts.

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Mr. Trevelyan, disappointed by Cill's unwillingness to apply herself and troubled by her early maturity, had exercised a tough, physical discipline to control her, and the sudden loss of affection between the two girls was acknowledged with relief but never men­tioned.

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His ex-wife knows nothing about Cill's disappearance or Grace's murder — she does.

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