The Almost Perfect Murder

the valet applied what restoratives his experience suggested.

\"Gabbitt, did you suspect poison?\" Mme. Storey asked. (I ought to state that the valet knew by this time what had happened.)

\"Well, ma'am,\" he answered, \"I think the thought was somewhere in the back of my head, but I did not acknowledge it. Being but a servant, I left it to my betters.\"

In one respect Gabbitt's story differed sharply from Dr. Slingluff's.


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the valet applied what restoratives his experience suggested.

\"Gabbitt, did you suspect poison?\" Mme. Storey asked. (I ought to state that the valet knew by this time what had happened.)

\"Well, ma'am,\" he answered, \"I think the thought was somewhere in the back of my head, but I did not acknowledge it. Being but a servant, I left it to my betters.\"

In one respect Gabbitt's story differed sharply from Dr. Slingluff's.


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