I killed my boss with his own car

As I was involved with his wife

How involved

Involved

Was it physical

What do you think

My records show that you received five years

I did

That was a light sentence

I did not murder Charles of Orleans

Then who did

Now that would be telling

Stop playing games Richard

I am not playing games

Far from it

Who murdered Charles of Orleans

Nobody murdered Charles of Orleans

I was accused of manslaughter

He died from injuries consistent

Consistent with what

Being hit by a car at high speed

Were you driving the car

That is what I was sent to prison for

You were not driving the car were you Richard

The judge seemed to think that I was driving the car

Was anybody in the car with you

Check your records

It is all on file

Catherine was in the car with you

Was she

She was driving the car

Why would she want to kill her husband

Because he was often abusive to her

When you came together who made the first move

I made the first move as she is very beautiful

Did she discuss killing her husband

Yes it was the sole subject of our pillow talk

I think you are lying

You have been lying all along

What brings you to that conclusion

A witness statement

There were no witnesses

Check your records carefully Richard

My witness saw the whole thing

And quite clearly saw a small person driving the car

How tall are you Richard

How tall do you think I am

I would say about six one or six two

The driver was not a tall person

You took the consequences for somebody else

Somebody else

Yes Catherine of Orleans

Did she pay you as she stood to inherit thousands

Yes

Yes she did pay me to kill her husband

How much did you receive

I did not receive a fee

Then what did you receive

The whole works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

As I had wanted to read all of his books

You received five years

That is correct

Did you finish all of the books

I had read them all within the first year

Did you keep in contact with Catherine

Yes she visited me every week

She wrote me many passionate letters

Which I am currently collecting

With a view to publication

What do you intend as a title

l’ombre

The shadow why did you choose that title

Is there a hidden meaning

No

They why

There is no reason

I could have just as easily

Called Catherine’s letters

Apple in an Orchard

l’ombre

It was the first thing that came into my head