One can hypothesize that, after killing Sandra, her murderer heard Veronica calling for her. He fled into the garden, there shedding some of Sandra’s blood. Then, realizing that he could not quickly escape that way, he went back into the basement and attacked Veronica as she ran away up the stairs. During the assault, Lucan entered the house. The killer ran out through the front door. And Veronica, whose unknown assailant had been replaced in the dark ante-room by the figure of her husband, believed – or decided to believe – that
