"When Mrs.Crofton was in Egypt it was prescribed for her.

You know how people take it by the drop?
A chemist out there seems to have given her a much greater quantity than was needed, and in an ordinary, unlabelled medicine bottle, too." The speaker waited a moment, then went on: "Though she brought it back to England with her, she seems to have quite forgotten that she had it.

But _he_ must have known it was there, for after his death the bottle was found in his dressing room." "What a dreadful thing! And how painful it must have been for her!" "Yes, I think she did go through a very dreadful time.

But, Janet, what impressed me most painfully, and what I am sure would much distress Miss Crofton were I to tell her even only a part of what I heard, was the fact that the husband and wife were on very bad terms.

This was testified to, and very strongly, by the only woman servant they had at the time of his death." "I never believe servants' evidence," observed Janet Tosswill drily.
"The Coroner, who I suppose naturally wished to spare Mrs.Crofton's feelings, told the jury that it was plain that Colonel Crofton was a very bad-tempered man.