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Kent wrinkled his nose and sniffed several times. "Smells like fruit." Ferguson nodded. "Good guess; I noticed the odor and went at once to Dr. McLane. He told me the handkerchief was saturated with amyl nitrite." "Amyl nitrite," repeated Kent reflectively. "It is given for angina pectoris." "Yes.
She held her breath tight to keep it back. Ah, it had come. Splinters of glass, sharp splinters of glass, first pricking, then piercing, then tearing her heart. Her heart closed down on the splinters of glass, cutting itself at every beat. She looked under the pillow for the little silver box that held her pearls of nitrate of amyl. She always had it with her, ready.
He could not fix his attention on the business letters which Sylvester placed before him; instead, his thoughts reverted to the scene in Rochester's and Turnbull's apartment the night before, the elusive visitor he had found there on his arrival, his interview with Detective Ferguson, and above all the handkerchief, saturated with amyl nitrite, and bearing the small embroidered letter "B" the initial, insignificant in size, but fraught with dire possibilities if, as Ferguson hinted, Turnbull had been put to death by an over-dose of the drug.
Threatened with exposure as a thief and forger, Jimmie had committed suicide, so would run the verdict; the fact of his suicide was proof of his guilt of the crime Colonel McIntyre virtually charged him with, and vice versa. What had been discovered to point to murder? The finding of a handkerchief, saturated with amyl nitrite, which had not belonged to the dead man. Proof bah! it was ridiculous!
Shirley took Helene's arm, and the officer nodded. "I'll send for the wagon, sir. They're some pickled. Good-night." As they walked up to the nearest car crossing, Helene turned to him with her surprise unabated. "What did you do to them, Mr. Shirley?" "Merely crushed a small vial of Amyl nitrite which I thoughtfully put in my handkerchief this afternoon.
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