Why would Joss Merlyn allow Mary Yellan to come and stay at Jamaica Inn?

[Bigfoot321]

Would he not be afraid that she might inform on him?

[sandy14]

Would he not be afraid that she might inform on him?

1/ Jamaica Inn is in the middle of no place - there's no phones, so who exactly is she going to inform?

2/ She's family - family does not inform on family -

3/ If Mary & Joss Merlyn's wife could keep the inn running whilst he's away it would be less suspicions.

4/ Not taking her in might create more suspicion

[Whifflingpin]

She could inform a Horseman Riding By.