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The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie | |
XI. The Case For The Prosecution |
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"I put it to you that you did do so?" "Yes." Sir Ernest fairly shot the next question at him. "Did you examine one bottle in particular?" "No, I do not think so." "Be careful, Mr. Cavendish. I am referring to a little bottle of Hydro-chloride of Strychnine." Lawrence was turning a sickly greenish colour. "N--o--I am sure I didn't." "Then how do you account for the fact that you left the unmistakable impress of your finger-prints on it?" The bullying manner was highly efficacious with a nervous disposition. "I--I suppose I must have taken up the bottle." "I suppose so too! Did you abstract any of the contents of the bottle?" "Certainly not." "Then why did you take it up?" "I once studied to be a doctor. Such things naturally interest me." "Ah! So poisons 'naturally interest' you, do they? Still, you waited to be alone before gratifying that 'interest' of yours?" "That was pure chance. If the others had been there, I should have done just the same." "Still, as it happens, the others were not there?" "No, but----" "In fact, during the whole afternoon, you were only alone for a couple of minutes, and it happened--I say, it happened-- to be during those two minutes that you displayed your 'natural interest' in Hydro-chloride of Strychnine?" Lawrence stammered pitiably. "I--I----" With a satisfied and expressive countenance, Sir Ernest observed: "I have nothing more to ask you, Mr. Cavendish." |
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