Detective Sherline and her assistant Watsona arrived at Mrs. Shultz’s house shortly after she called to report the stolen bracelet. Now, Watsona was carefully studying the scene of the crime. The bathroom vanity was neatly organized with all that Mrs. Shultz needed to get ready for the morning: her hairbrushes and makeup, her toothbrush and contact lens case, her perfume bottles. Only the jewelry case looked disturbed, suggesting that whomever had taken the diamond bracelet had been in a hurry. Meanwhile, Sherline was listening to Mrs. Shultz’s account of what had happened. "By the time I woke up, the robber was already leaving the house,” she explained. “But I did sit up in bed and look out my window in time to see the robber at the end of my front walkway, under the streetlight. It was my neighbor’s son; I saw him clear as day. No one else has a tattoo like that on the back of his neck.”

Sherline glanced toward Watsona, still standing at the vanity. “Mrs. Shultz, why don’t you tell us the true story,” Detective Sherline said calmly. “No one is going to believe your version of events.”

Why was Detective Sherline so sure Mrs. Shultz was lying?

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.