\"Let me explain!\" cried Henry desperately. \"It is true that I have talked to her about poisons. I have described to her how men would die after having taken different poisons; aconite, strychnine, arsenic and so on; but I never proposed to poison anybody!\"
\"It is not important,\" said Mme. Storey smoothly. \"The fact that you had talked about poisons is not sufficient in itself to have aroused her suspicions.\" She turned
\"Let me explain!\" cried Henry desperately. \"It is true that I have talked to her about poisons. I have described to her how men would die after having taken different poisons; aconite, strychnine, arsenic and so on; but I never proposed to poison anybody!\"
\"It is not important,\" said Mme. Storey smoothly. \"The fact that you had talked about poisons is not sufficient in itself to have aroused her suspicions.\" She turned
