Arnold Swain

Arnold Swain was. apparantly, a widdower who lived with his unmarried sister Flora and who charmed Emily Bishop and proposed to make her his second wife. When Emily found that his first wife wasn't dead Arnold told her that she had abandoned him. Convinced by this the wedding went ahead and the couple honeymooned on the Isle of Wight.

Emily discovered that in 1965 Arnold had married Margaret Swain and abandoned her on the way home from their honeymoon (spent in the same Isle of Wight hotel). He never returned to his first wife.

When Emily confronted him with the truth Arnold admitted his bigamy and suffered a break down in mental health. He was hospitalised but later escaped and attempted to co-erce Emily into joining him in a suicide pact. Emily escaped and Arnold was returned to the mental hospital, where he died in 1982.

Arnold left Emily £2000 in his will. Emily gave it to Patricia.