Session 1.5

This was a special one on one session with Dr Bartlett as the only player character.

Session Report

October 20th 1928

Doctor Bartlett receives a letter from Dr Charles Highsmith, superintendent of St. Agnes Asylum in Weobley, Herefordshire, requesting a meeting on the 28th at the Great Western Hotel in London.

October 28th 1928

At the meeting, Highsmith explains that the patient he wishes to consult Bartlett about is Alexander Roby, who has been committed to St Agnes for the last 2 years following the brutal murders of his Father and Sister, killings he initially claimed responsibility for, but was never in fact charged with.

Highsmith has to make a recommendation for the release, or otherwise, of Roby and was leaning towards release when he came under pressure from the Roby family, through the conduit of family physician Dr Lionel Trollope to keep Alexander confined.

Highsmith wishes to understand the motives behind the family's position, but they hasn't been able to get them to reveal any details. He also wants Bartlett's professional opinion of the state of mind of Alexander Roby, and asks Bartlett to accompany him when he returns to Herefordshire on the 30th. Intrigued, though unsure of his suitability for what amounts to a private investigation, agrees.

October 30th 1928

Bartlett joins Highsmith on the 10.20am train, to change at Bristol for Hereford.