She bowed her head.
“And you, Edgar and Quenton?”
We did, alas!
“And his nurses, and the man Clarke, all who were at liberty to enter his room?”
“They knew.” It was Orpha who spoke. “I called their attention to what you had said more than once.”
“Is the phial containing that poison still in the house? I have not ordered it lately.”
“It is. Edgar and I have just been up to see. We found it among the other bottles in the medicine cabinet.”
“When did he receive the last dose of it under my instructions?”
“Wealthy can tell you. She kept very close watch of that bottle.”
“Wealthy,” he called, with a glance towards the gallery, “come down. I have a question or two to put to you.”