Originally posted by Abby Normal
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In some accounts Lewis is said to have got the time from Spitalfields clock, but was it as she passed, or was it because she heard it strike?
She does say she was "at the Keyler's at 2:30". In her inquest testimony she says:
" I was at her house at half past 2 on Friday morning".
That suggests to me that she heard the clock strike 2:30 while she was inside the Keylers. So, she does not say what time she arrived.
Whether she had been inside the Keyler's 5, 10 or 15 minutes, we do not know.
It is reasonable to assume Hutch was following the couple down Dorset St. between 2:10-2:15, roughly.
We just cannot place Lewis in Dorset St. at a specific time. So it wouldn't be true to say Lewis missed the couple altogether.
That she was able to hear the Spitalfields clock from inside the Keyler's is confirmed by a later remark: " I heard the clock strike half past three...", while she was inside the Keyler's.
Plus hutch watched them go into the court and marys room at which point he took up his vigil...then lewis arrives later and sees hutch there as she enters the court.
Lewis just did not think he was watching the couple, but waiting for someone else. So it seems to me Lewis was pretty close.
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