However, she refuses to tell Inspector Slack what her conversation with Colonel Protheroe was about, only saying that it could not possibly have any bearing on the crime. When Colonel Protheroe is found dead the next day, Mrs Lestrange comes under suspicion. It is not a peaceful conversation, with Mrs Lestrange wanting him to do something, and Colonel Protheroe refusing. Parts of the conversation are overheard by Gladys, the kitchen maid. Mrs Lestrange visits Colonel Protheroe one evening. She has the "ease and manner of a well-bred woman", but there is also something incongruous about her. Her face is described as having something "Sphinxlike" about it, and her eyes are "almost golden in shade". She is very tall, and her hair is gold, with a tinge of red. Reverend Clement describes her as "a woman of the world", and wonders why such a woman would come to stay in a country village. Mrs Lestrange is seen as a mysterious figure by some residents of St Mary Mead, as no one knows much about her, and she hardly goes out of her house. In the novel The Murder at the Vicarage, Mrs Estelle Lestrange is a name used by the first wife of Lucius Protheroe.
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