“By what authority do you forbid it?”
“I am the attending physician, which confers the authority on me to protect my patient from intruders.”
“I heard you say just now that you had abandoned all hopes of saving your patient’s life.”
“I do not deny it.”
“Then I will save her.”
“You!”
“Madame, did you know that suspicion was pointing at you as the murderess?”
“No; nor do I care where suspicion may choose to point. This is no time to discuss suspicions, when the purest, the best and noblest lady on earth is in great peril. Stand aside, sir, and let me go in!”
“What stuff is contained in those two bottles? More poison, I dare say.”