Chapter 18 18 Vicar Bishop of Belazon

Dragging her exhausted body, Miss Marple returned to the Fort Golden Hotel out of breath.As soon as she entered the door, the counter staff came out from behind the cabinet and approached to greet her. Oh, Miss Marple, here's a guest who wants to talk to you.Is the vicar of Bo Lazong. Vicar of Bolazong?Miss Marple looked puzzled. Yes, he has been looking for you.He heard you were on this tour and wanted to speak to you before you left here or went to London.I told him some people would be taking the evening train back to London this afternoon, but he was very anxious to talk to you before you left.I have invited him to the TV room to wait for you.It's quieter there.The rest of the place is currently very noisy.

Miss Marple walked into the TV room in surprise.It turned out that the vicar of Bolazong was the old pastor she had met at the memorial service. He got up and walked towards her. You are Miss Marple, Jane.Miss Marple? Yes, I am.you are I am the Vicar of Bharat.This morning I came to the Elizabeth .Miss Temple's memorial service.She is my old friend for many years. Oh, is it?said Miss Marple.please sit down Thanks, I was about to sit down.My physical strength is not what it used to be. He bent down and carefully settled into a chair. So you, Miss Marple, sit down beside him.Uh, she said, you want to see me?

Oh, let me explain what's going on here first.I know, to you I am a total stranger.In fact, I went to the Cary Township Hospital and talked to the head nurse before coming to church here.She told me that, on her deathbed, Elizabeth had asked to meet a member of the tour group, a Jane.Miss Marple.And Miss Marple had visited Elizabeth before she died, and sat with her for a short, short time. He looked at her with eager eyes. 'Yes,' said Miss Marple.Indeed.I was amazed that she would come to me. Are you her old friend? No, said Miss Marple.It was during this trip that I met her for the first time, so that's why I was surprised.We had talked and shared seats on the tour bus, so we were familiar, but I didn't expect that she would ask to see me when she was seriously injured.

really.I can imagine your surprise.As I said earlier, she is an old friend of mine for many years.In fact, she was planning to come to me, to visit me.I live in Fiminster, which is where your car is due to go the day after tomorrow.She had arranged to go there to find me, and she wanted to talk to me, and thought there was something I might be able to help with. I see, said Miss Marple, may I ask you a question?Hope this question is not too presumptuous. Of course you can, Miss Marple.Just ask whatever you want. Miss Temple once told me that she did not take the trip just to see the old houses and gardens.When she described the trip, she used a very unusual word: pilgrimage.

Yeah?Said the vicar of Borhajong.She really said that?Hmm, interesting.Maybe it's important. So I want to ask you, do you think by pilgrimage she meant to visit you? I think it must be, said the archdeacon.Yep, I think so. We talked about a girl once, said Miss Marple.A girl named Microlotty. Ah, yes, Microlotty.hunt. I didn't know her last name.Miss Temple referred to her only as Microlotty. Micro Lotte.Hunter is dead.said the archdeacon.Been dead for years.do you know about this yes, said Miss Marple, I know.Miss Temple used to talk to me about her.She told me something I didn't know, that Viloty had been engaged to Mr. Raphael's son.Mr. Rafael is a friend of mine, and by his kindness he paid the whole cost of this trip for me.However, I think it is probable that he wanted me to meet Miss Temple on this trip, and he did.I think he thought she could tell me something.

The thing about microloty? Yes. So that's why she came to me.She wants to know something inside. She wanted to know, said Miss Marple.Why did Viloty break her engagement and not marry Mr. Raphael's son. Microloty, said the vicar of Borhajong.There was no breach of the marriage contract, I am sure of that.I can be 100% sure. But Miss Temple doesn't know, does she? She doesn't know.I think she was puzzled and displeased by all this, and was going to come and ask me why the wedding didn't take place. Why didn't the wedding take place?asked Miss Marple.Please don't think I'm too curious.I'm not asking this out of boredom.In fact, I am not a pilgrimage, it can be said that I have a mission.I also want to know why Mike.Rafael and Microlotty.Hunter is not married.

The archdeacon studied her carefully for a while. You are involved in this too, he said.I can see it. I was involved, said Miss Marple.It's because of Mike.Raphael's father's dying wish.I was entrusted to do so by him. I have no reason not to tell you what I know, the archdeacon said quietly.You ask me Elizabeth.What Temple was going to ask me was asking me a question I didn't know the answer to.Miss Marple, these two young men intend to marry.They are ready to get married, and I am also going to witness their marriage.As far as I think, this is a secret wedding.I know both young men.I've known lovely Viloty for a long time, and I did her confirmation for her.I used to come to Elizabeth at Lent, Easter, and things like that.Temple's school went to officiate various ceremonies.It was a very good girls' school.She was a very perfect woman and an excellent teacher who knew the talents of each girl inside out and who was best suited to learn what.She encourages those girls who she thinks are career-oriented to start a career, and never forces them to do things that are not suitable for them.She was a great woman and a very respectable friend.Viloty is the most beautiful girl I have ever met. She is extremely beautiful in spirit, heart and appearance.She had the misfortune of losing her parents before she came of age; they were killed while on a plane to Italy for a vacation.After Viloty left school, she moved in with Crotty.Miss Beverly Smith lives with her; you probably know her too, she lives locally.She was a good friend of Viloty's mother, and there were three sisters in the family, but the second was married and lived abroad, so only the two sisters lived here.Crotty is the eldest, she loves Viloty very much and does everything she can to make her live happily.She took her abroad once or twice, let her go to Italy to study art, and loved and cared for her in every possible way.And so did Microlotty, whom she loved as her own mother.She is very dependent on Crotty.Crotty herself was an educated and well-bred woman, and she didn't push Viloty to go to college, but I guessed it was because Viloty didn't want to go to college herself.She likes to study art, music and things like that.She lived at the old manor, and lived, I believe, quite contentedly.She always looks so happy.Of course, I haven't seen her since she came here, for Fiminster, which is my church, is about sixty miles away.I would write to her on holidays like Christmas, and she would always remember to send me a Christmas card.But then for a while, I didn't hear anything about her, until one day, she suddenly appeared in front of me.By then she had grown up and was a very beautiful woman.She was with a respectable young man, whom I had also heard a little bit about, Mr. Rafael's son Mike.They come to me because they love each other and want to commit to each other for life.

And you promised to marry them? Yes, I said yes.Miss Marple, you may think that I should not agree.It was evident that they had come to me secretly.I can imagine, Crotty.BeburySmithKe must have tried hard to thwart their romance.She is entitled to do so.As for Mike.Rafael, let me tell you frankly, not the kind of husband you hope your daughter or relatives will marry.Microlotty is actually too young to make a decision on lifelong affairs too early.And Mike has been a troublesome figure since he was a child.He's been taken to juvenile court, made a few friends, been involved in several gangs, vandalized buildings and public phone booths.He has intimate contacts with several girls, and he is always burdened with the involuntary responsibility of supporting him.That's right, he's a bad bastard, sexually or otherwise.But he is also very charming, and all those girls are fascinated by him, and they are very stupid.He served two short-term sentences in prison.To be honest, he has a criminal record.I knew his father, not very well, but I think his father did everything he could to help this son.He went to rescue his son when he was in trouble, found a stable job for his son, repaid the debt, paid the fine, and he did everything he could.I have no idea

But do you think he could actually try harder? I don't think so, the archdeacon said.I've lived a long time and I know that one has to accept that other people are inherently certain.To put it in modern terms, everyone's personality is shaped by their innate genetic components.I don't think Mr. Raphael loves his son.He had never loved him deeply.The most I can say is that he has a limited liking for his son, but he doesn't love him.I don't know if Mike would be better off if he had a father's love.It probably won't make a difference.If so, it is very sad.This kid is not stupid, he has his talents and brains.If he is willing and willing to endure hardships, it is possible for him to rise to the top.But let's just say that he was born a criminal.He had an admirable quality, a sense of humour, and was generous and kind in many ways.He will insert a knife for his friend and help him out of trouble.But he was very bad to his girlfriends, as the locals said, often making them get pregnant and leave them alone to seduce other girls.So, I was facing two people like this.Yes, I agree to marry them.I told Viloty, and I told her quite frankly, what kind of young man she was marrying.I found that he hadn't lied to her at all.He told her he had always been troubled, with police records and otherwise.He told her that once he married her, he would change his mind and be a new man.Everything will be different.I warned her that it was impossible, that it was impossible for him to change.A person will not change, even if he wants to change.I think Microlotty knows it all too well.She said she knew.She put it this way: I know what Mike is like, and I know he's probably going to be the same for the rest of his life, but I love him.Maybe I can help him, maybe I can't, but I want to take a chance.

And let me tell you, Miss Marple, I can see that I have perfected and married many young men.I've seen people end badly, and I've seen people who ended up being unexpectedly happy.But I know, I can tell if a couple really love each other.When I say love, I don't just mean sexual attraction.People have talked too much about sex and paid too much attention to it.I'm not saying anything sexual is wrong, that's bullshit.But sex cannot replace love.It comes with love, but sex alone cannot do it.To be in love means to be married, whether it is good or bad, rich or poor, sick or healthy, if two people want to marry because they love each other, you have an obligation.Those two people love each other, and they will love and cherish each other until death do them part.said the archdeacon.That's all for my story.I can't go on because I don't know exactly what happened.All I know is that I agreed to their request and made the necessary arrangements.We set a date, time, place.Maybe it's my fault, I thought, because I agreed to their secret wedding.

They don't want anyone to know?asked Miss Marple. do not wish.Viloty didn't want anyone to know, and I'm afraid Mike didn't either.They are afraid of being thwarted.I think, for Viloty, marriage is not only a symbol of love, but also a bit of escape.Of course, that was because of her life circumstances.She lost her real guardians, her parents.After they died she entered a new phase of her life, just the age of schoolgirls who were in love and had a crush on someone.She is a charming girl, in many ways.She is a good sportsman, a top student in mathematics, a prefect and a big sister in the class.This phase doesn't last long and is just a natural part of your life.Then you move on to the next phase, when you want to fill your life with relationships.You start looking around you for a mate, a life mate you wish you had.If you're sensible, you'll take your time.You'll make friends, but you'll wait for Prince Charming, as the old nanny used to say to girls.Crotty.BeburySmithke was very kind to Viloty, and what Viloty gave her in return was, I suppose, a form of hero worship.As far as women are concerned, she was brilliant; beautiful, capable, and funny.I think that Viloty loved her almost in a romantic way, and Clottey loved her as if she were her own daughter.So Microlody grew up in an atmosphere of love, lived a lively life, and was involved in various interesting subjects that stimulated her intellect.That kind of life is happy, but I think that although she didn't realize it, she gradually developed a desire in her subconscious, let's call it the desire to escape, to escape from this loved life.As for where and what she fled to, she didn't know.But when she met Mike, she knew.She was escaping to a new life, a world where a man and a woman could create their future together.But she knew that letting Crotty understand her feelings was like a dream.She knew that Crotty would strongly object to her loving Mike in such a serious manner.And I think, I'm afraid Crotty is right.I get it now.He was not the right husband for Microlotty.The road she chose did not lead to life, not to vigorous vitality and a happy destination, but to shock, pain and death.You know, Miss Marple, I feel very guilty.My motives were good, but I didn't realize it then.I know about Microloty, but I don't know about Mike.I understand the reason for Viloty's secrecy, because I know Crotty.Beverly Smith, with her strong personality, is likely to exert pressure on Microlotty enough to discourage her from marrying. So you think that's what she really did?Do you think Crotty told her everything about Mike to dissuade her from marrying him? No, I don't think so.I still don't think so until now.If so, Viloty will let me know.She will send me a message. What happened that day? I was going to tell you.The date, time, and place were set, so I waited quietly, waiting for the arrival of the bride and groom.They didn't come.No message, no reason, nothing.I do not know why!I still don't know until now.I can't believe it.When I say unbelievable, I don't mean that they didn't come, which is easy to explain; but that they didn't say a word at all, not even a few lines of random writing.That's why I wonder, and I hope Miss Temple told you something on her deathbed, or had a message for me.If she knows or feels that she is going to leave, she may want to send me a message. She wants to ask something from you, said Miss Marple.That, I believe, is why she intends to go to you. Yes, I'm afraid so.You know, I think Viloty is logically tight-lipped about people who might stop her, like Crotty and Anthea.Belberry Squeeze.But she has always respected Elizabeth.Temple.Elizabeth.Temple had a great influence on her, so it seems to me that she may have written to her and told her something. I think she wrote to her, said Miss Marple.Tell her about it, will you? She told Elizabeth.Miss Temple, said Miss Marple.Said she was going to talk to Mike.Rafael married.Miss Temple knew about it.She mentioned it to me before she died.Here's what she said: I knew a girl named Viloty who was going to marry Mike.Raphael.The only person who would tell her about it was Viloty herself.Microlotty must have written or passed a note to her.At that time, I asked: Why didn't she marry him later?She replied: she is dead. So all our stories are disconnected, said the vicar of Bollazon with a sigh.Elizabeth and I knew only two facts.Elizabeth knew that Microetti was going to marry Mike, and I knew they were going to get married, and arrangements were made to show up at the appointed date and time.So I waited for them, but the wedding never took place.No bride, no groom, nothing. You have absolutely no idea what's going on?asked Miss Marple. I absolutely do not believe that Viloty and Mike are going to break up or have a falling out. But something must have happened between the two of them, right?Maybe Viloty saw something that made it dawn on her, that there was something about Mike and his personality that she hadn't expected. That's not a satisfying answer, because even so, she'd let me know.She will not let me wait in vain, waiting to be blessed for them.The most bizarre aspects aside, she was a well-mannered, well-bred girl, and she would at least send a message.But she didn't.So, I'm afraid there is only one possibility. die?asked Miss Marple. She remembered Elizabeth.The word Temple had spoken to her, it had struck her like a deep bell. Yes, sighed the Vicar of Borhajong.die. "For love," said Miss Marple thoughtfully. you mean He hesitated and didn't go on. That's what Miss Temple told me.I asked: why did she die?She replied: For love, and said love is one of the most frightening words in the world. I see, said the archdeacon.I see.Or, I think I get it. What is your explanation? Split personality, he said with a sigh.This kind of personality cannot be seen by others, unless they have professional training, it is possible to observe it.You know, Jekyll and Hyde (characters in Rob L. Stevenson's novel, Dr. Jekyll discovers two drugs, one can make him into the fierce and violent Hyde, and the other can make him back to the original good gentleman. ) are living characters.You know, Stevenson didn't make them up out of thin air.Mike.Rafael was a man who must have suffered from schizophrenia.He has a dual personality.I have no medical knowledge or experience in psychoanalysis, but there must be two different people in him.One is a kind, cute boy whose greatest charm may lie in his desire for happiness.But there is a second personality in him at the same time. This kind of person is likely to be driven by abnormal psychology (we are not sure whether this is the case) to kill, and what he kills is not the enemy, but the person he loves.So he killed Viloty.No one knew why he did it, or what it meant.There are many frightening things in this world.Some people are mentally abnormal, some people are psychopathic, and some people have brain defects.A congregation in my parish is an example of this misery.There are two old ladies living together and they both live off their pensions.They used to work as servants in the same place, and later became friends.They seem to be very good friends, but one day, one of them kills the other.She sent for an old friend of hers, the vicar of her parish, and she said to him: It was a misfortune that I killed Louisa.But she said again: But I saw the devil in her eyes, and I knew that this was my order, and I must kill her.Sometimes we despair of life because of things like this.You may ask, why?how so?But one day, the reason will emerge.Doctors will find and detect a small defect in a chromosome or gene, or a gland that is overactive or malfunctioning. So you think that's why it happened?asked Miss Marple. Things do happen.I heard that the body was not found for a long time.Viloty disappeared, and no one saw her since she left the house. But at the time, I meant that something must have happened on the day of the incident. but during the trial You mean, after the body was found and the police arrested Mike? You know, he was one of the first people the police called in to help solve the case.He was seen with the girl, and she was seen in his car.They believe he is the man the police are looking for.He was the number one suspect in their minds, and their suspicions about him had never stopped.The other boys who knew Viloty were also brought in for questioning, but each had an alibi, or there wasn't enough evidence to raise suspicions.The police were still suspicious of Mike, and finally found the body.She was strangled to death and her head and face were smashed out of shape.This is a crazy attack.He was not sane when he did it.We might as well say that his dominant personality at that time was the devil Hyde. Miss Marple shuddered. The archdeacon went on, his voice low and mournful. But, even now, I still hope and feel that she was killed by someone else.Maybe it was a mentally ill person, although no one saw it.Maybe it was some stranger she met in the neighbourhood.Someone she met by chance, offered her a lift, and He shook his head. I think it is possible, said Miss Marple. Mike made a bad impression in court, the archdeacon said.Just tell stupid, boring lies.He lied about the whereabouts of his car and demanded some wild alibi from his friends.He was terrified and said nothing about his plans to marry.I believe his defense attorney thought it would be bad for him to speak out and it would make people think she was forcing him to marry, but he didn't want to marry her.It's been so long that I can't remember the details.But the evidence was absolutely against him.He was guilty, and he looked guilty. So, Miss Marple, you should know that I am very painful and very sad.I misjudged and encouraged a most tender and lovely girl to die because I didn't know enough about human nature.I had no idea of ​​the magnitude of the risk she was running, and I believed that if she had any fear of him, or suddenly sensed an element of evil in his character, she would have broken her vow to marry him, and by the time I'm here to tell him about her fears or what she perceives.But that didn't happen.Why did he kill her?Was it because he knew she was pregnant?Was it because he was involved with another girl at the time, so he didn't want to be forced to marry by Microetti?I do not believe.Or for an entirely different reason?Is it because she suddenly felt afraid of him and found that there was a potential danger in him, so she cut off contact with him?Was it because he was enraged by this, so he became fierce and killed her?No one knows. You don't know, said Miss Marple.But you're sure of one thing, right? What exactly do you mean by believing?You mean from a religious point of view? Oh no, said Miss Marple.do not mean that.I mean, you seem to be deeply convinced, or so I am, that this couple loves each other, and they made up their minds to get married, but something happened and they couldn't.Although that incident ended with her death, you still believe that they really planned to go to your place for a wedding that day? You are quite right, dear Miss Marple.Yes, I still can't help but believe that.I believe that these two people sincerely intend to marry and will always be the other half for good or bad, rich or poor, sick or healthy.She loves him, so no matter the future is good or bad, she will accept him completely.And judging from the consequences she encountered, she chose a worse him, which brought her death. Go on believing what you believe, said Miss Marple.You know, I think so too. But what about believing? I don't know yet, said Miss Marple.I'm not sure yet, but I think Elizabeth.Temple knew or came to know what happened.Love, a word to fear, she said.I take her to mean, by saying that, that Viloty killed herself out of love.Because she discovered Mike's secret, or some behavior of Mike made her suddenly angry or hate him.But she can't commit suicide. Impossible, said the archdeacon.It can't be suicide.Her injuries were described in great detail in court.You would never kill yourself by smashing your own head. horrible!said Miss Marple.terrible!And you can't do such a cruel thing to the person you love deeply, even if you have to kill for love, it's impossible, right?If he had killed her, he couldn't have used that method.It might be possible to strangle her, but you wouldn't smash your lover's face and head to pieces.She murmured: Love, love, a frightening word.