Miss Howard, disguised as Alfred Inglethorp, enters the chemist’s shop, with her story about a dog, obtains the strychnine, and writes the name of Alfred Inglethorp in John’s handwriting, which she had previously studied carefully.
“But, as it will never do if John, too, can prove an alibi, she writes him an anonymous note—still copying his handwriting —which takes him to a remote spot where it is exceedingly unlikely that anyone will see him.
Miss Howard, disguised as Alfred Inglethorp, enters the chemist’s shop, with her story about a dog, obtains the strychnine, and writes the name of Alfred Inglethorp in John’s handwriting, which she had previously studied carefully.
“But, as it will never do if John, too, can prove an alibi, she writes him an anonymous note—still copying his handwriting —which takes him to a remote spot where it is exceedingly unlikely that anyone will see him.