How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
'You see, the woman was never savaged by a dog at all. She had been murdered by her own husband—and he'd shot the dog, and slashed her throat himself, to cover it up (II.11.25).
And now for a completely different kind of savagery: This quote comes from Lydia Wells when she's getting everyone ready for the séance. To get everyone in the mood and kind of fluff up her credentials in the spiritual arena, she tells the story of a woman whose murder ended up getting solved through a séance she attended. Initially, the woman's dog had been accused of attacking and killing her, but the séance ended up revealing that her husband had killed her, framing (and killing) the dog afterwards. The example represents yet another example of the truly crummy things human nature is capable of in the novel's universe.