“Is it or is it not a fact that your medicine cupboard was often left open—the door of it, that is, unlocked?”
Sir Almeric’s voice now takes a somewhat unpleasant edge. He had understood that Miss Prince would be a very willing witness against Henry Garlett.
“I am sorry to say that is true. The key did not work properly, and as I am constantly taking things out of my medicine cupboard, cough mixture and so on, for the village folk who come to consult me, I did get into the bad habit of leaving the cupboard door unlocked.”
“It is also a fact, is it not, Miss Prince, that you are constantly in and out of your house—in other words in and out of Terriford village?”
“That is so.”
“And during the month of April you were constantly in attendance on a dying woman who had been, or so I underst
