“Do you remember the circumstances of your visit to her?”
“Yes, very well. It was the first time I had ever been in her medicine room, though I had heard of it.”
“Can you recall any conversation you had with her?”
“Yes,” replies Harry Garlett firmly. “I recall our conversation quite clearly. What is more, I do not mind telling you frankly that Miss Prince did mention the fact that she possessed in her medicine cupboard three poisons—arsenic, morphia, and opium.”
There is a stir through the Court, and for a moment Sir Almeric is taken aback.
“Then you now admit that you were aware of the existence of arsenic in the Thatched Cottage?”
“I have never denied it——”
“Don’t quibble, Garlett. Is there anything further you would like to say about this point?”
“Yes, I would like to say that I remember advising Miss Prince to hand over the three drugs in question to Dr. Maclean. But I should like to add, though no doubt you will not believe me——”
The judge intervened sternly: “You have no right to suggest such a thing to counsel for the Crown.”