“And now I’m going to assume that you are right, Miss Bower—that Henry Garlett is absolutely innocent.”
He turned and cast a quick, measuring glance at his visitor.
He was wondering, deep in his heart, if she really did absolutely believe in Garlett’s innocence? If not, he was not only wasting valuable time, but they two were playing at a tiresome game of make-believe.
And then she said so humbly, so touchingly, “Thank you, Sir Harold,” that he felt his question answered.
He went on speaking, swaying slightly as he did so, wholly absorbed in the problem before him. “If this man is innocent, then we must concentrate on the fact that some one else is guilty of the crime of which he is accused. Some human being—man or woman—gave Mrs. Emily Garlett a large dose of arsenic with intent to ki
