What I know now is that Jane Morton is the one who put the poison in his cup of coffee." "It would take a good deal of nerve to do that with twenty-six people around the table.

You forget, my dear sir, that she had to pass the whole length of the table, after taking the cup, before giving it to Mr.
Brenton." "Half of the people had their backs to her, and the other half, I can assure you, were not looking at her.

If the poison was ready, it was a very easy thing to slip it into a cup of coffee.

There was ample time to do it, and that is how it was done." "May I ask how you arrived at that conclusion ?" "Certainly, certainly, my dear sir.

My detectives report that each one of the twenty-seven people they had to follow were shadowed night and day.