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EM

It’s just so awful. We couldn’t believe it when we saw it on the news. He was such a lovely man, always stopped and said hello if he saw you in the street. People don’t do that these days, do they? Not in London, anyway. Everyone’s always in such a rush. But Mr Page always stopped for a chat.

POLICE

There’s no way you could have known what’d happen, Mrs Mahoney.

EM

Was it the wife? It’s always the husband or wife, isn’t it?

POLICE

Perhaps we could start by—