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102 New Oxford Street, where I remained until they failed in about six months.
    I then went back to Munyon’s, 272 Oxford Circus, as manager and advertising manager.
    I removed to Albion House as manager about eighteen months ago, after which I took it on as an agency, but as it did not pay, I, in February last, handed it over to the company again, but for the last two years I had been running the Yale Tooth Specialist Company, with Dr Rylance as partner, and am still doing so.
    I ran what I termed the Imperial Press Agency, in connection with Munyon’s, because by so doing I got their advertisements inserted at a reduction.
    At the present time I am interested in an ear-cure business, called the ‘Aural Remedy’, at Craven House, Kingsway, and I work at an address in Vine Street.
    I did not think anything of Bruce Miller’s visiting my wife at the time.
    After returning from America we went to live at 34 Store Street for about a year. During this time she adopted the stage name of ‘Belle Elmore’, although she had had it in her mind when she came over, but I persuaded her to use the other name.
    She got an engagement at the Town Hall, Teddington, to sing, and then from time to time she got engagements at music halls. She went to the Oxford as a comedienne, and was there about a week.
    She also went to the Camberwell, and also at a hall at Balham. She also sang at the Empire, Northampton, and various towns.
    She would probably go away for about two weeks and return for about six weeks, but used to earn very little.
    We remained at 34 Store Street for some time, and went to 37 same street for about two years, and about five years ago, in, I think, 1905, removed to 39 Hilldrop Crescent, for which I pay £50 a year.
    It is quite four years since she ever went out at all to sing, and, although we apparently lived very happily together, as a matter of fact there were very frequent occasions when she got into most violent tempers, and often threatened she would leave me, saying she had a man she could go to, and she would end it all.
    I have seen letters from Bruce to her, which ended ‘with love and kisses to Brown Eyes’.
    About four years ago, in consequence of these frequent outbursts, I discontinued sleeping with her, and have never cohabited with her since.
    She did all the housework herself, with the exception of having a charwoman in occasionally.
    About two years ago she became honorary treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild, and was here every Wednesday.
    I never interfered with her movements in any way; she went in and out just as she liked, and did what she liked; it was of no interest to me.
    As I say, she frequently threatened to leave me, and said that if she did she would go right out of my life, and I should never see or hear from her again.
    On the Monday night, the day before I wrote the letter to the Guild resigning her position as treasurer, Mr and Mrs Paul Martinetti came to our place to dinner, and during the evening Mr Martinetti wanted to go to the lavatory. As he had been to our house several times, I did not take the trouble to go and show him where it was. After they had left my wife blamed me for not taking him to the lavatory, and abused me, and said, ‘This is the finish of it. I won’t stand it any longer. I shall leave you to-morrow, and you will never hear of me again.’
    She had said this so often that I did not take much notice of it, but she did say one thing which she had never said before, viz., that I was to arrange to cover up any scandal with our mutual friends and the Guild the best way I could.
    Before this she had told me frequently that the man she would go to was better able to support her than I was.
    I came to business the next morning, and when I went home between five and six p.m. I found she had gone.
    I realised