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Yes."
Did you--while you happened to be alone for a few seconds--unlock the
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poison cupboard, and examine some of the bottles?"
"I--I--may have done so."
"I put it to you that you did do so?"
"Yes."
Sir Ernest fairly shot the next question at him.
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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."
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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.
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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?"
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