\"Do you admit buying the needle at Almon and Emory's?\" asked Shryock smoothly.
\"Certainly. But that was not the one they found in my pocket.\"
\"One moment! Just confine yourself to answering my questions, please...For what purpose did you buy that needle?\"
\"Well, I told Mrs. Julian I bought it for a friend,\" she said volubly, \"but that was only a stall. I'm not an addict but I take cocaine occasionally for my neuralgia.
\"Do you admit buying the needle at Almon and Emory's?\" asked Shryock smoothly.
\"Certainly. But that was not the one they found in my pocket.\"
\"One moment! Just confine yourself to answering my questions, please...For what purpose did you buy that needle?\"
\"Well, I told Mrs. Julian I bought it for a friend,\" she said volubly, \"but that was only a stall. I'm not an addict but I take cocaine occasionally for my neuralgia.
