"Mr. Kent," he
commenced indignantly, "are you aware what you are insinuating? Are
you, also, aware that Mrs. Brewster is my cousin, a charming,
honorable woman, without a stain on her character?"
Kent set the bottom of the box containing the pills in front of the
doctor.
"I have found out that this box, with its dangerous drug, was left
on the hall table in the McIntyre house; apparently any one had
access to its contents, therefore my remarks are not directed
against Mrs. Brewster any more than against any person in the
McIntyre household, from the Colonel to the servants. I found these
three pills at the McIntyre house this morning; how many did your
prescription call for?"
Stone picked up the small pills and, as he balanced them in his palm,
his manner grew more alert. Suddenly he dropped two back in the box
and touched the third pill with the tip of his tongue; not content
with that he crushed it in his fingers, sniffed the drug, and again
tested it with his tongue. His expression was peculiar as he looked
up at Kent.
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