"Did you hand the glass yourself to Addie?"
"I did."
"Where did you take it from?"
"From the place where you left it—the little stand on the farther side of the bed."
"And do you mean to say that you had not touched it since I prepared it?"
"I do, ma'am."
"And that no one else has been in the room?"
"No one, ma'am."
I looked at her intently. I trusted her, but the best of us are but mortal.
"Can you assure me that you have not been asleep during this time?"