Gertrude’s funeral was paid for by the parish. Jack didn’t go to the service, which by all accounts was packed. Nothing like a good murder to pull in the crowds. While the rumours continued to circulate about Gertrude’s infidelity and the paternity of her unborn child, they didn’t appear to have reached the presbytery and the general consensus was that Mrs Logan was the hapless victim of a belligerent and drunken husband. This view was widely propagated by the League of the Cross and the Temperance League who held a joint rally to draw out the lessons on the evil consequences of drink.
Jack didn’t go to Logan’s trial either. He knew he wouldn’t be able to bear hearing the gory details of Gertrude’s death and he didn’t want to see the man in the dock. There had been a half-hearted attempt
