“Yes, sir. It was in a bottle on that table, with a small graduate beside it. Both are missing. Neither one is there now.�
“Humph!â€� said the detective. “Evidently Lynne—or the lady who called upon him—had an eye to his continued improvement when he went away, or was taken away from here. Now, look here, Thomas.â€�
“Yes, sir.�
“We will say that you last saw your master in this room at a quarter to one o’clock. You were back here again, to administer his medicine, at a quarter to three.�
“That is correct, Mr. Carter.�
“So, if he went away, or was taken away from this room by others, it must have happened within those two hours.�
“Without any question, Mr. Carter.�
“Where were you during those two hours?�
“I spent the entire time, during those two hours, in a small reception room that is at the right of the front door, as you come into the hall, Mr. Carter. I sat at the window from which I could see any person who might come up the steps to the door, without effort, and merely by raising my eyes from the morning paper which I was reading during most of that time.�
“And you did not leave your post at all?�