The Almost Perfect Murder



\"Have the orders given!\" cried the distraught widow.

When Dr. Pulford took his leave, Mme. Storey signed to me to detain him outside the room. There she presently joined us.

\"Can you add anything to what you have told us?\" she asked.

He shook his head. \"Not much at this time. Commodore Varick died as the result of having taken a powerful dose of a poison, probably aconite.\"

\"A very large dose?\"

\"Yes, Madam, it must have killed him almost instantly. Well,


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\"Have the orders given!\" cried the distraught widow.

When Dr. Pulford took his leave, Mme. Storey signed to me to detain him outside the room. There she presently joined us.

\"Can you add anything to what you have told us?\" she asked.

He shook his head. \"Not much at this time. Commodore Varick died as the result of having taken a powerful dose of a poison, probably aconite.\"

\"A very large dose?\"

\"Yes, Madam, it must have killed him almost instantly. Well,


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