Chapter 23 Chapter two

1 The next day, the defender got the opportunity to cross-examine the female witness.He asked a series of questions sharply and fiercely. At this time, his tolerant attitude-swept away. "As for this well-known little medicine box, I would like to ask a question: On June 28, was this medicine box left overnight in the hall of Manor H?" "Yes," Hopkins confirmed. "Are you in the habit of leaving dangerous drugs in places where others can easily get them?" "of course not." "Oh, of course not. But this is the only time it happened?" "Generally speaking."

"That is to say, any—anyone in the house who wants to have April?" "I guess so..." "Don't estimate, is it 'yes' or 'no'?" "yes." "Does anyone know if you have morphine in your medicine cabinet?" "I am not sure." "Did you tell anyone this?" "No." "So Miss Eleanor won't know there's morphia there?" "She can open the medicine box and have a look." "It's very unlikely, isn't it?" "I... I don't know." "But someone could have known more accurately that there was morphine in the medicine chest, such as Dr. Lord. Didn't you take the morphine as he ordered?"

"Of course it is." "Does Mary know you have morphine, too?" "No, she doesn't know." "Does she come to your house often?" "Not often." "Really? But I can assure you that she is a frequent visitor to your house, and she knows better than anyone that you have morphine in your medicine cabinet." "I disagree with your statement." Edwin paused for a moment. "Did you tell Nurse O'Brien this morning about the loss of morphine?" "I said so." "I confirm that, under the circumstances, you said the following to her: 'I forgot my morphine at home. I have to go back and get it.'" "I did not say that."

"Didn't you surmise that the morphine was on your mantelpiece?" "It was because I couldn't find any morphine that I figured it must have been on the stove." "Actually you don't even know what happened to this tube of morphine." "No, I know, I put it in the medicine cabinet." "Then why do you suppose you forgot it at home?" "Because I thought at the time, that might be the case." "I should tell you that you are very careless." "Totally wrong!" "That's how you talk." "Not at all. I never speak without thinking."

"You said that on the 27th of July, the day Mary died, you were pricked by a rose thorn?" "I don't see how this has anything to do with the case." The judge interjected and asked: "Is it really important to the trial, Mr. Edwin?" "Yes, sir, this is an important aspect of my defense: I want to establish that the testimony of this witness is not credible," he repeated the question above: "That is, are you still sure that you were pricked by a rose thorn on the twenty-seventh of July?" "Yes." Hopkins replied defiantly.

"When did this happen?" "Before we left the dressing room and went to the living room." "What kind of rose tree is this?" "It's a pink rose that's crawling on the fence near the dressing room." "Are you sure of that?" "Totally sure." The defense suddenly attacked the witness from the other side: "Did the dead Miss Mary really write her will on the sixth of July?" "yes." "She didn't write the will because she was depressed, or because she lost faith in her future, do you believe that?"

“Nonsense:” “Is this the will written by Mary and testified by Emily Biggs and Roger Wade, a clothing store salesman? That is, the decision to bequeath all her property to Eliza Lai The will of Mary Riley, Leigh's sister?" "Completely correct." Jurors still circulated the will. 2 O'Brien testified in court. "What did Nurse Hopkins say to you on the morning of June 29?" "She said a vial of morphine hydrochloride was missing from the medicine cabinet." "As far as you know: is the medicine chest kept in the hall at night?" "yes."

"Were Mr. Rowdy and the defendant at the Manor H when Mrs. Wellman died, that is, on the night of June 28?" "That's right." "Tell me what happened the day after Mrs. Wellman's death, June 29th?" "I saw Mr Roddy with Mary. He confessed his love to her and kissed her." "Was he then engaged to the defendant?" "yes." "What happened next?" "Mary reminded Roddy that he was engaged to Miss Eleanor, which made Roddy very embarrassed." "What do you think of the defendant's attitude toward Mary?"

"She hates Mary," said the witness with certainty.