William had a hard time keeping a serious look on his face when he saw George and the inspector in their ceremonial robes. The fact that George was superior to the inspector in this free-mason hierarchy didn't help. When Julia arrived at the crime scene and the men refused to let her enter, he was brought back to reality.
"So, you're married to a cheeky thing uh?" Julia asked William as they walked to the body.
"I'm married to a cheeky woman." William corrected.
Julia examined the body and later asked for it to be removed and brought back to the morgue for further analysis. As she underssed the corpse she had a surprised she certainly never had before. She telephoned to the police station and waited for William, George and the inspector to arrive. She covered the body entirely, preserving the surprise. She really looked forward to seeing the look on the men's faces. They arrived a few minutes later.
"Why did you call for the three of us to come Doctor, you usually just ask for Murdoch." The inspector said, taking his hat off as they entered her office.
"I know. But I made a discovery that will interest all of you. For your investigation and … in regards to your relationship to the victim." Julia said, standing up from her desk and walking slowly to the slab.
William could tell that something was up with his wife. She had this smile on her face that told him that she was enjoying what she was going to show them. The group walked to the slab, the three men on one side, Julia by the head of the victim. She didn't say anything, she didn't uncover the body. She just stood there, waiting for them to react, a smile on her face. Finally, she saw realization in George's eyes.
"Are those …?" the constable asked, his eyes glued to certain forms from under the sheet.
"Yes they are. Gentlemen, your Victor was a woman." Julia announced, lifting the sheet just enough for the three of them to have a quick look. As expected, William took his eyes elsewhere as soon as he saw them and George's eyes could not look anywhere else.
He had to admit, he was very angry when he saw her at the Albany Club dressed like a man, but now that she had taken the wig and the moustache off, he liked her appearance. She looked very good in this tuxedo, her gloden hair falling on her shoulders.
"Stop looking at me like that, William." Julia whispered as he helped her out of the carriage and led the group of women into the station house.
"I can't."
"Really? You like me looking like that?" she laughed.
"I guess I ..."
"What is going on here?" the Inspector asked, looking at all the ladies dressed up as men. "Doctor Ogden?" he said, surprised to see her among the group, William at her side. "You two, my office, now." he said, pointing at them as the women looked at Julia as a traitor.
The Inspector stopped right in front of the door.
"On second thought, I'll just talk to the good doctor here. I don't need you to defend her every move Murdoch." he said.
"Oh don't worry about that, she doesn't need me to defend her." William laughed, squeezing his wife's hand. "I'll get started on the interviews of the women." he added, turning around.
"You're her husband, aren't you?" one of the women asked as he walked past her.
"Yes I am. Why?" he asked.
"She told us about you."
"Good things I hope."
"Let's just say that if all men were like you we would not have to do what we do." she said, going to sit on the bench next to the front desk.
William went in his office to take some files and called for the first woman to follow him in the interview room. He looked briefly in the Inspector's office to make sure everything was alright between the two impulsive occupants. It seemed that his wife was yelling at his boss … a nice future for him in perspective.
When he got out of the interview room an hour later, having learned everything he could from the different women, he went back to his office to find Juia sitting in his desk chair, writing something in one of his notebooks.
"Hard at work are you Detective Murdoch?" he laughed, sitting in front of his desk.
"I would make a great detective you know? Here, I wrote everything I got from the moment I joined the basketball team. Maybe you could see if there is something that the other women didn't tell you." she said, sliding the notebook to him.
William took it and started to read it, Julia relaxing against the back of the desk chair. Looking from his office, the inspector couldn't help but study the couple. It was so strange to him the relationship they had. They loved each other, that much was very clear to everyone, you just had to look at them. But the way they … worked together, with equality in every aspect of their life, that astonished him. He considered himself as good with Margaret but looking at the Murdochs he realized that she did not have any say in much regarding their life or their family. But she didn't seem to mind, she never said anything. She was older than Julia, maybe it was a generation thing. He shook his head, clearing his mind and took a look at the reports on his desk.