[1] Later, in 1905, Rose, the head house parlourmaid, discovers Alfred in a sexual situation with an upstairs guest, Baron Klaus von Rimmer.

Later, Rose is horrified to discover that Alfred is actually on the run from the police for murdering his previous employer and (it is implied) lover.

Alfred is arrested and subsequently hanged for murder, although Rose protests against the sentence, arguing it was not right to do so to a person 'who's not right in the head.

"[8] He believes himself to be the "scum of the earth crawling on its belly"[9] which is possibly further hinting towards the assault by describing himself as filthy with the pain that has been inflicted upon him.

"[13] Alfred, within the scenes of Rose's Pigeon, is showing multiple signs of PTSD - a disorder which is linked to a stressful event in which his heavily implied sexual assault would certainly come under.

Whilst Alfred suffered with this illness, no one would have believed him in society as they would have assumed he was in a homosexual relationship which was illegal at the time.