The Vicar's residence in Marchbolt is identified as the address of Mrs Roberts, the married name of Gladys Evans. Though the story gives little description of the building itself, the address supplies the investigators with a decisive link to the parlourmaid whose identity has been hidden in plain sight.

Identification and Address

Frankie Derwent questions why Mrs Templeton summoned a gardener to witness the will when a house-parlourmaid was present. Bobby Jones recognizes the importance of the question: he had stayed behind to ask Mrs Pratt for Gladys's name and address, and learned that the parlourmaid was Evans. The discovery connects the overlooked servant to the name they have been trying to trace.

At a post office, Frankie tests whether a local woman recognizes Gladys Evans. The woman recalls that Gladys had been in service at Tudor Cottage, had returned to Wales, and had married a man named Roberts. She provides a postal address for Mrs Roberts at the Vicar's residence in Marchbolt, adding that the couple have gone into service together. The returned address places Gladys back in the town where the investigation began.

Role in the Investigation

The residence matters as a point of identification and contact, not as a described scene: the evidence supplies an address but no account of its rooms, appearance, or occupants' activities there. Its importance lies in the contrast between the expected distance and the actual proximity of the missing witness. Gladys has not vanished beyond reach; under her married name, she is associated with an address in Marchbolt.

The clue also retrospectively sharpens the significance of the parlourmaid's presence when the will was witnessed. What first seemed an odd procedural detail leads Bobby and Frankie to Evans, while the Vicar's residence gives them a concrete destination connected to her new identity. The address turns a suspicious omission into a practical lead.