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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: I heard that Jimmie had died from aconitine I - I -" she stammered
and stopped short.
"You suspected I had murdered him?" asked McIntyre softly.
"Yes," she looked appealingly at him. "Forgive me, I should never
have suspected you, but the pills, box and all, were missing the
next morning from the hall table."
"Turnbull must have thrown the box into the umbrella stand,"
explained Kent. "That was where I found it. Did you get the
securities, Sylvester?" turning to the prisoner.
"No," sullenly. "She did," and a jerk of his thumb indicated Helen
McIntyre.
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