Chapter 3 leaves the reader wondering what Phoebe does with the Lady Audley’s secret object in the drawer. The cliffhanger that Mary Elizabeth Braddon incorporates in the book makes the reader question why Phoebe is so interested in the baby’s shoe and the little strand of hair, “The girls thin lips curved into a curious smile,” as soon as she discovered what was inside (Braddon 32). Phoebe makes it seem as though this discovery is going to uncover a great secret about Lady Audley and she wants to be the one to share it, “I’d rather have this than the diamond bracelet you would have liked to take” (32). Chapter 4 introduces another cliffhanger that leaves the reader contemplating why George Talboy’s wife never sent a letter and why he refers to someone’s address in a newspaper that directs him to a home with the same last name Talboy. Who is Helen Talboy that is aged twenty-two and why is her address in the newspaper? In order for the audience to understand these cliffhangers, one must need to know that Phoebe and Lady Audley are alike in that they were both raised similarly and Phoebe could be mistaken for the Lady. Therefore Phoebe may want to use this secret of Lady Audley’s in order to expose the Lady and improve her own position in society. In order for the reader to understand the cliffhanger in chapter 4, the reader must know that George’s wife is supposedly dead and that is why she never wrote a letter. The address signifies the place that George goes to when he discovers that his wife had died. This information that is revealed in the later chapters must be withheld in order for the reader to develop intrigue because it makes the reader question Phoebe’s actions and question the fact that George’s wife is nowhere to be found.