The Crooked Man

In the small town of Aldershot, where a military unit is stationed, Colonel James Barclay—an honorable veteran who had started his service as an ordinary soldier and was promoted to officer rank for bravery—was murdered. In his youth, Barclay married the regiment sergeant’s daughter, Nancy. After thirty years, the couple was considered an exemplary pair. The colonel loved his wife terribly… One day, returning home out of sorts, she locked herself with her husband in the living room, and the servants heard her shouting at him that he was a coward and saying the name “David” again and again. Suddenly came a terrible scream, a crash, and the mistress’s frantic cry…