He could not doubt that the woman was Helena.

It explained Flexen's questioning him whether he had any knowledge of an entanglement between Lord Loudwater and a woman, and Flexen's keen desire to find some other firm of lawyers who might have been called in to deal with such an entanglement.

But he could not for a moment bring himself to believe that there could have ever been any need for Helena to have recourse to the knife.

He could not see Lord Loudwater resisting her when she became really angry; he must have given way.

None the less, he did not underestimate the awkwardness, the danger even, of her having paid that visit and had that quarrel at such an unfortunate hour.
He had matter enough for earnest thought during the funeral.