A Pin to see the Peepshow III

Julia's relationship with Leo is not all that easy. She worries that as she's some years his senior, and not able to be with him much, he will get bored with her. She starts to make silly remarks in her letters, saying that she wishes that Herbert was dead or that she was going to kill him. Leo gets cross with her. She tries to persuade him to help her find a job abroad, and she could then be with him. But she is still married to Herbert. They pursue the affair, and it seems to be more of a pain than a pleasure to Julia. Then she becomes pregnant. Leo helps her to find an abortionist and she goes to see her. When she gets home, she finds that Herbert's sister, a difficult woman, who has been staying with them has had her dog put to sleep because he was ill. Upset, she collapses and her miscarriage comes on. Herbert thinks that it is a natural miscarriage caused by her being shocked, and he tells her that he will get rid of his sister. Julia's friend Anne who is studying to be a doctor, realises that Julia has deliberately aborted her pregnancy. She keeps quiet about it, but tells her that Herbert is not that strong, and she should be careful how she treats him. Julia is getting desperate. She can't understand why Herbert won't give her a divorce, when they are both unhappy in their marriage. She's afraid that Leo is going to get fed up and leave her. Then one evening, while Leo is on shore leave, Julia and Herbert go to a charity theatre performance given by the business that he works for. On their way home, someone emerges from the shadows and attacks Herbert. She realises that it is Leo. She is horrified, and can't believe it but her husband is dead.