Chapter XI.—Deadly NightshadeJust before noon upon that day, but one, following the startling discoveries in Moon Buildings, Larose drove into the grounds of Dunwich Hall, with the intention of having a talk with its master, or if the latter were away from home, of getting a word in private with the butler.
He was thinking that at any rate he would achieve something by his visit, for if he saw Mitter himself he was hoping he would be able to determine from Mitter's demeanor whether or not the latter were in some state of mental anxiety, as undoubtedly he should be, if he were concerned in the staggering blow that had been dealt to the pseudo Dr. Smith, the practitioner in diseases of the skin.
Larose himself was still worried there, for although from the testimony of the butler he realis
