"Did it take all you had for the birds?"
"No."
"What did you do with what remained?"
"I threw it away, for I had no further use for it."
"Hum." The coroner turned to Mary Billings. "Did you see her throw the chloroform away?"
"N—no," stammered the servant girl. "But if she says she did, she did," she added stoutly.
"Now, Mrs. Morse, did you find anything else of value?"
"I did not, but Mrs. Gaspard, who was in charge downstairs, did."
"Very well, you may step down. Mrs. Gaspard!" And the other woman came forward to face the coroner and his jury, and was sworn.
"Mrs. Morse says you found something of importance. What was it?"