"Do you mean to say that Dido killed Mr. Alymer?" she asked, nervously.
"No; but she supplied the means to the man who did."
"The man who did!"
"Yes; Dr. Etwald."
"Dr. Etwald!" repeated Mrs. Dallas, in what seemed to Jen to be a tone of relief. "Why do you think he killed Mr. Alymer?"
"Because Maurice was engaged to your daughter, whom he wished to marry. Etwald killed my poor lad, so as to remove a dangerous rival from his path."
"Impossible."
"By no means; and Dido manufactured the poison which was used."
Mrs. Dallas considered.
"I know to what you allude," she said, after a pause. "Dido does manufacture the drug, but only for the cure of nervous headaches."