"I probably took it out of my bag, when getting out my laryngoscope and other instruments to treat the throat."
"I see that this case not only contains the syringe, but also some small phials filled with tablets. What are those tablets?"
"They are various medicines used hypodermically."
"Was there any morphine in this case when you last saw it?"
"Yes, sir."
"How much?"
"There was a phial filled with tablets. Altogether eighty tablets, of one eighth of a grain each."
"Please count the tablets remaining, and state how many there are?"
"I find forty-eight."
"That is to say thirty-two pellets have been taken out?"