"Prepared by both of us," said Binjoy, savagely. "Let him take his share of the guilt."
"I am not guilty. Mr. Fanks can judge of that for himself when I tell him what I know," retorted the baronet. "Well, Mr. Fanks, we prepared this needle and placed it in a case; for the least prick with it meant death by blood poisoning. We intended to use it on the dog, when the animal was sufficiently saturated with weaker poisons to admit of the experiment being made. You may be sure, sir, that I was very careful of that needle; I placed it in my cabinet. Dr. Binjoy had access to that cabinet."
"I had not," contradicted Binjoy.
"Yes, you had; you possessed a key as well as myself," retorted Sir Louis, sharply.
"I did not," said the doctor, obstinate in his denial.
"Don't lie, Binjoy, I found you with it opened one day; the day Anne Colmer was with you, and I was so angry."
"Oh, Anne Colmer knew about this needle?" said Fanks.
"I can't say," said Fellenger. "While I was living at Taxton-on-Thames, Miss Colmer sometimes came to the house. But I was angry at Binjoy for opening that cabinet in her presence, as there were a lot of dangerous drugs in it."
"She touched none of them," growled. Binjoy.
"Oh!" said Fanks, sharply. "Then you admit that you showed Miss Colmer the cabinet of poisons."