\"Why did you lie?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"Because the Commodore asked me to. He was my oldest friend.\"
\"Asked you to!\" interpolated the Inspector in astonishment.
\"The moment I clapped eyes on the Commodore I saw that he had been poisoned,\" said Dr. Slingluff. \"I suspected aconite owing to the intolerable prickling of the skin of which he complained. No other poison gives rise to that symptom. I sent Gabbitt on the run to my office for atropine,
\"Why did you lie?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"Because the Commodore asked me to. He was my oldest friend.\"
\"Asked you to!\" interpolated the Inspector in astonishment.
\"The moment I clapped eyes on the Commodore I saw that he had been poisoned,\" said Dr. Slingluff. \"I suspected aconite owing to the intolerable prickling of the skin of which he complained. No other poison gives rise to that symptom. I sent Gabbitt on the run to my office for atropine,
