"Father, when can we go home? Everyone in our family is a good person. I'm sure there's something wrong with the Fishers. People in town are always saying their factory exploits its workers!"
As she spoke, Mrs. Bennett went to greet them at the door and even helped Megan take things off the dining cart.
Shade repeated the same line as before:
"The investigation will have results soon. The Church will not wrong any good person."
Mr. Bennett spoke with great concern:
"Father, my wife hasn't been well lately. If possible, could you have a doctor come examine her later?"
"What's wrong with her?"
"I'm fine!"
As though afraid of causing trouble, the woman immediately spoke up. Though middle-aged Mrs. Bennett was already showing her age, it was still clear that she must have been quite beautiful when she was young. She called over her younger son to help carry things, and when Megan saw the boy approach, she immediately stepped behind Shade and stopped helping.
"Father, don't listen to Thomas talking nonsense. It's just an old problem of mine. Could you ask when we can go home? You can ask whatever you want and investigate whatever you want. Our whole family truly are good people."
Naturally, Shade could not let them leave immediately, but he promised Mrs. Bennett that he would ask again later.
As for Thomas Bennett, the "Masked Man" whose identity Shade had already confirmed, he calmly continued reassuring his wife that the Church would definitely let them go once its investigation was over.
Thomas Bennett kept insisting that the Church send a doctor to treat his wife. He was remarkably persistent about it, though neither Shade nor Megan thought Mrs. Bennett looked seriously ill.
Still, it was a suspicious point. Shade really did go to the