"But, Great Scott, Colonel! the watch can't do that as well as poison to death! It's out of the question!"
"Of course it is. I didn't claim the watch did anything like that. I don't even claim the poison-needle watch killed Mrs. Darcy or Shere Ali. But that it did kill Chet I'm certain."
"I believe you're right there, Colonel Ashley. Poor little dog!" and
Jack, who loved animals, looked at the limp body.
"I know I'm right, Jack. If I had seen, in time, that he had the watch I'd have tried to get it away from him. But maybe it will turn out for the best. In the interests of justice—"
"Do you think this will help in solving the mystery?"
"It may."
"But I thought you said the poison-needle watch might not have killed
Mrs. Darcy?"
"I'm not saying anything, Jack. It might, and might not."
"But the blow on her head—the stab wound in her side—?"
"Both could have been inflicted after the poison watch killed her—if it did. Mind you, Jack, I'm making no statements. I am only suggesting possibilities."