The Almost Perfect Murder

\" he replied. \"I don't know why it stopped.\"

\"No trace of poison in his blood?\"

\"None whatever.\"

\"Or in his stomach?\"

\"None.\"

\"How could he have been poisoned through the stomach?\" put in Rumsey.

\"To be sure,\" said Mme. Storey; \"but I didn't want to overlook anything...But do men die like that?\" she went on to the doctor. \"Without any apparent reason for it?\"

\"Oh, yes, Madame.\"

\"Healthy men?\"

\"Few


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\" he replied. \"I don't know why it stopped.\"

\"No trace of poison in his blood?\"

\"None whatever.\"

\"Or in his stomach?\"

\"None.\"

\"How could he have been poisoned through the stomach?\" put in Rumsey.

\"To be sure,\" said Mme. Storey; \"but I didn't want to overlook anything...But do men die like that?\" she went on to the doctor. \"Without any apparent reason for it?\"

\"Oh, yes, Madame.\"

\"Healthy men?\"

\"Few


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