Chapter Three of Sleeping Murder

Gwenda Giles is now in London, England staying in the Chelsea house with Raymond and Joan West who are cousins of Giles. Gwenda was not overly thrilled about staying with them considering they are known to be a bit arrogant and she found them to make her uncomfortable at times. Although their flaws did not matter very much because Gwenda just felt relieved to be out of that house in Dillmouth. A little further in the chapter is when Jane Marple is finally introduced as Raymond's Aunt Jane. He would go on to say how Jane could solve any mystery or any problem that anyone had and Gwenda was in desperate need of guidance. After everyone exchanged pleasantries with each other they all went out to the theater to see a drama. During the play, Gwenda began to feel afraid as the actor said his lines. The lines were "Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young". After hearing those words she jumped right out of her chair, screamed at the top of her lungs, ran out of the theater, and went back to the Chelsea house. Everyone came home shortly after and found Gwenda hysterical and were unsure as to what had happened. Miss Marple began to get curious and the next morning came and she started asking Gwenda questions. Gwenda explained the entire story to her and then got into the incident that occurred the previous night. She stated that the play was actually enjoyable but towards the end as the actor said his lines Gwenda saw in her mind a girl lying there on the stairs completely sprawled out and dead. It appeared that she had been strangled and someone was there saying those exact horrible lines to the dead body. Miss Marple then asked who was dead and the only reply Gwenda could come up with was the name Helen.